Q.1) Illustrate the concept of bus structure. How does it aid in CPU and memory communication? (June-2025)

Q.2) How does the control word help in micro-operation execution? Illustrate with an example. (June-2025)

Q.3) Discuss the structure and role of the program counter, instruction register and memory register during a fetch-execute cycle. (June-2025)

Q.4) Differentiate between accumulator, index, stack and general-purpose registers in terms of their functions and usage. (Dec-2024)

Q.5) Discuss the sequence of steps involved in fetching an instruction from memory and executing it. (Dec-2024)

Q.6) Describe how micro instructions are arranged in control memory and how they are interpreted? (Dec-2024)

Q.7) Write a short note on any two of the following:
a) Instruction types (Dec-2024)

Q.8) Explain the role and significance of registers in a CPU's general register organization. (June-2024)

Q.9) What is register transfer language? Explain the representation of instructions in register transfer language with suitable examples ? (June-2024)

Q.10) Write a short note on any two of the following:
a) Bus structure (June-2024)

Q.11) Differentiate between Hardwired control unit and Micro-programmed control unit. (June-2024)

Q.12) Draw and explain the architecture of a computer system. (Nov-2023)

Q.13) Explain the addressing modes with suitable examples. (Nov-2023)

Q.14) Explain the instruction formats for computer system. (Nov-2023)

Q.15) Explain the following:
b) Micro-program sequencer (Nov-2023)

Q.16) Explain basic principles of computer architecture. (June-2023)

Q.17) Explain the following terms
i) Stack organization
ii) Bus structure and addressing modes
iii) Fetch and execution cycle (June-2023)

Q.18) Discuss instruction types and explain execution of micro instruction. (June-2023)

Q.19) Write short notes on following:
ii) Hardwired control unit
iv) Micro instruction formats (June-2023)

Q.20) Briefly explain the addressing modes in detail. (Nov-2022)

Q.21) Discuss Stack Organization in detail. (Nov-2022)

Q.22) Briefly explain Hardwired and Micro-programmed control unit. (Nov-2022)

Q.1) Explain 1's and 2's complement representation for negative numbers with examples. (June-2025)

Q.2) Describe Booth's algorithm for multiplication. Illustrate with a 4-bit example. (June-2025)

Q.3) Compare fixed point and floating point arithmetic operations with examples. (June-2025)

Q.4) Draw the flowchart for Booth's algorithm for multiplication of signed 2's complement numbers and explain with an example? (Dec-2024)

Q.5) Describe the basic arithmetic operations supported by floating-point arithmetic, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. (Dec-2024)

Q.6) What components are required to design the arithmetic unit explain with neat sketch? (Dec-2024)

Q.7) Discuss how two's complement is used for representing negative numbers and performing subtraction as addition with complement. (June-2024)

Q.8) Discuss how binary division is performed and the steps involved in dividing one binary number by another with flowchart. (June-2024)

Q.9) Design a 4-bit adder/subtractor circuit and explain how addition and subtraction are performed ? (June-2024)

Q.10) Discuss the Booth's algorithm for multiplication of signed numbers. (Nov-2023)

Q.11) Write Booths algorithm. Also explain floating point arithmetic operation. (June-2023)

Q.12) Describe signal addition and subtraction in detail. (June-2023)

Q.13) What is Arithmetic operation? Explain how negative numbers are represented in 2's complement form? (Nov-2022)

Q.14) Discuss Binary Addition. Explain the concept of Half Adder and Full Adder. (Nov-2022)

Q.1) How does USB differ from SCSI bus in terms of speed, cost and application? (June-2025)

Q.2) Write a comparative note on different types of I/O interfaces. (June-2025)

Q.3) Explain the working of PCI bus. How does it improve I/O performance? (June-2025)

Q.4) Write a short note on any two from the following.
a) Direct Memory Access (June-2025)

Q.5) Discuss the fundamental differences between serial and parallel data transfer methods in terms of data transmission, speed and implementation complexity. (Dec-2024)

Q.6) What is direct memory transfer? Give an overview and block diagram of a DMA controller? (Dec-2024)

Q.7) Differentiate synchronous and asynchronous data transfer? (Dec-2024)

Q.8) Write a short note on any two of the following:
b) PCI Bus (Dec-2024)

Q.9) Why interface is needed in input output device? Explain how it is connected to I/O devices with neat sketch? (June-2024)

Q.10) Describe the strobe control and hand shaking methods in asynchronous data transfer. (June-2024)

Q.11) What is the need of I/O processor? Explain the working of I/O processor? (June-2024)

Q.12) Write a short note on any two of the following:
b) SCSI Bus (June-2024)

Q.13) What do you understand by direct memory access? Explain with block diagram how DMA operation is carried out. (Nov-2023)

Q.14) Differentiate between vectored and non-vectored interrupts. (Nov-2023)

Q.15) Write short notes on the USB interface. (Nov-2023)

Q.16) Explain the PCI, BUS and LRU algorithm in briefly. (Nov-2023)

Q.17) What is Multiprocessing? Discuss types of data transfer in detail. (June-2023)

Q.18) Elaborate following with examples:
i) Serial and parallel data transfer
ii) Synchronous and asynchronous modes of data transfer (June-2023)

Q.19) Write notes on following:
i) Direct memory access
ii) PCI Bus and SCSI Bus (June-2023)

Q.20) Write a short note on Direct Memory Access (DMA). (Nov-2022)

Q.21) Explain serial and parallel data transfer techniques in detail. (Nov-2022)

Q.1) Differentiate magnetic tape, disk and optical storage based on access time, reliability and cost. (June-2025)

Q.2) How does cache memory improve system performance? Explain cache design. (June-2025)

Q.3) Write a program in Pseudo code to simulate page replacement using LRU. (June-2025)

Q.4) Write a short note on any two from the following.
b) Virtual Memory
c) Read Only Memory (June-2025)

Q.5) Explain the concept of memory hierarchy and its significance in modern computer systems. (Dec-2024)

Q.6) Compare and contrast different cache mapping techniques, including direct mapping, set-associative mapping and fully associative mapping. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each mapping technique. (Dec-2024)

Q.7) Explain the concept of memory segmentation and how it complements virtual memory. Discuss the advantages and challenges of using segmentation in memory management. (Dec-2024)

Q.8) Write a short note on any two of the following:
c) Read Only Memory (Dec-2024)

Q.9) Discuss the different types of secondary memory devices commonly used in computer systems, such as Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), magnetic tapes, and optical discs. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of each type. (June-2024)

Q.10) Define cache memory and explain its role in improving CPU performance. Discuss the principles of locality (temporal and spatial) and how they influence cache effectiveness. (June-2024)

Q.11) Describe the role of the Memory Management Unit (MMU) in a computer system. Explain how the MMU facilitates address translation between virtual addresses and physical addresses. (June-2024)

Q.12) Write a short note on any two of the following:
c) Random Access Memory (June-2024)

Q.13) List the differences between volatile and non-volatile memories? (Nov-2023)

Q.14) Discuss memory hierarchy in computer system. (Nov-2023)

Q.15) Explain the mapping techniques in cache memory. (Nov-2023)

Q.16) Explain the following terms:
i) Cache hit and Cache miss
ii) Cache coherency (Nov-2023)

Q.17) What is memory organization? Discuss the different types of memory organization in computer system. (Nov-2023)

Q.18) Compare following
i) Main memory and secondary memory
ii) Cache memory and Virtual memory (June-2023)

Q.19) Describe replacement algorithm and write steps to improve cache performance. (June-2023)

Q.20) Describe following in brief
i) LRU algorithm
ii) Tools compliment representation
iii) Memory management hardware (June-2023)

Q.21) What is Cache mapping? Explain all cache mapping techniques in detail. (Nov-2022)

Q.22) Discuss the following in detail:
b) Magnetic Tape (Nov-2022)

Q.23) Write a short note on following:
a) Hit Ratio
b) Average Access Time (Nov-2022)

Q.1) Describe the structure and working of inter-processor communication and synchronization. (June-2025)

Q.2) Compare RISC and CISC architectures with examples. (June-2025)

Q.3) Describe different types of interconnection networks used in multiprocessor systems. (Dec-2024)

Q.4) Define array processing and explain its significance in computer architecture and parallel computing. (Dec-2024)

Q.5) Write a short note on any two of the following:
d) Inter-processor communication and synchronization (Dec-2024)

Q.6) Define RISC and CISC architectures and explain their fundamental differences. (June-2024)

Q.7) Discuss how pipelining improves instruction execution throughput and overall system performance in processors. (June-2024)

Q.8) Write a short note on any two of the following:
d) Inter processor arbitration (June-2024)

Q.9) Explain the concept of pipelining. (Nov-2023)

Q.10) Explain the following:
a) RISC Vs CISC (Nov-2023)

Q.11) Explain characteristics and structure of multiprocessor. (June-2023)

Q.12) What is concept of pipelining? Differentiate vector processing and array processing. (June-2023)

Q.13) What is inter-processor communication and synchronization? Also describe inter-processor arbitration. (June-2023)

Q.14) Discuss multicore processor in detail. (June-2023)

Q.15) Write a short note on AMD processor. (Nov-2022)

Q.16) Explain the difference between Single and Multi-processor System. (Nov-2022)

Q.17) Discuss the following in detail:
a) CISC Architecture (Nov-2022)