Unit QNO Question

1 1 Assemble a basic computer with its functional units. Explain the operation of a basic computer.
1 1 Explain briefly about the performance assessment of a computer.
1 2 Differentiate between Multiprogramming and Multitasking.
1 2 Distinguish between system software and application software.
1 3 Explain the terms i)words ii) data iii) instructions iv)program.
1 3 Write briefly about various types of computers.
1 4 Explain the three ways of integer representaion of signed numbers.
1 4 Write short notes on floating point representation.
1 5 Explain the single bus strucutre with a neat diagram.
1 5 Explain about the various types of bus structures used in a computer .
1 6 List the different types of micro operations and explain each with one example .
1 6 Explain about logic micro operations.
1 7 Explain about shift micro operations.
1 7 Design a 4-bit combinational circuit incrementer using four half-adder circuits
1 8 Design 4-bit Arithmetic circuit and explain.
1 8 Design one stage hardware for a circuit that generates AND,OR,EX-OR,NOT operations and explain.
1 9 What are the different types of complements used in computers? Explain each with an example.
1 9 Explain about Arithmetic micro operations.
1 10 Draw 4 bit adder-subtractor circuit and explain its operation.
1 10 Design a 4bit combinational shifter circuit and explain its operation.
1 1 Explain about basic computer registers and memory.
1 1 Write short notes on three state bus buffers.
1 2 Draw the bus system for 4 registers using MUX.
1 2 Draw the bus line with three state buffers and expalin.
1 3 What are the different data types used for data representation.
1 3 Write short notes on BCD data representation.
1 4 Explain r's complement of a n digit number.
1 4 Explain r-1's complement of a n digit number.
1 5 List the steps in subtraction of two n digit unsigned numbers.
1 5 Write short notes on decimal representation.
1 6 Explain about arithmetic subtraction of signed binary numbers in 2's complement form.
1 6 Draw the block diagram to implement the register transfer operation P: R2<-R1
1 7 Explain the memory operation in the following transfer statements i) R2<-M[AR] ii) M[AR]<-R3
1 7 Construct hardware for a circuit that generates AND,OR,EX-OR,NOT operations
1 8 What is the use of arithmetic and logic unit in computer explain.
1 8 Distinguish between logical shift and arithmetic shift using example
1 9 Explain about arithmetic subtraction of signed binary numbers in sign magnitude form.
1 9 Write short notes on decimal fixed point representation.
1 10 Explain how overflow is detected after addition of two binary numbers with an example.
1 10 List the steps in subtraction of two n digit signed numbers.
1 0 Convert the decimal value 41.6875 into binary.
1 0 find the 9's complement of 546700.
1 0 Perform subtraction on X=1010100 and Y=1000011 using complements.
1 0 Convert the hex decimal number F3A7C2 into binary and octal.
1 0 Obtain the 9's complenent of 00980100 decimal number.
1 0 Represent decimal number 8620 into a)BCD b) Excess -3c) 2421 code.
1 0 What do you understand by the term computer architecture?
1 0 What do you understand by the term computer organization?
1 0 Represent +0.6132789X10^4 in floating point representation.
1 0 Perform subtraction of 72532 and 13250 using 10's complement.
1 0 Perform subtraction of two binary numbers 1110100 and 1010111using 2's complement
1 0 Obtain the 9's complenent of 90009951 decimal number.
1 0 Represent decimal number 4624 into a)BCD b) Excess -3c) 2421 code.
1 0 Define register and state the importance of it in computer architecture
1 0 What do you understand by register transfer?
1 0 Draw the block diagram of PC register and mention the symbols for it
1 0 Draw the graphic symbol of three state buffer.
1 0 Explain the operation Read: DR<-M[AR]
1 0 Draw the symbols of Logic microoperations
1 0 Explain selective clear operation in short.
2 1 Explain the concept of stored program organization.
2 1 List out the various registers of a basic computer and explain them in detail.
2 2 With the help of neat sketch explain the common bus connection to basic registers.
2 2 Draw and explain the three types of instruction code formats used in computer.
2 3 Explain memory reference instruction with an example.
2 3 Explain register reference instruction with an example
2 4 Write short notes on timing and control unit of a computer.
2 4 Draw the block diagram of a control unit and explain the operation in detail.
2 5 Define an instruction cycle and explain the sub cycles of an instruction cycle.
2 5 With the help of RTL statements explain the fetch and decode phase of an instruction cycle.
2 6 Draw the flowchart of instruction cycle and explain how the control determines the instruction type.
2 6 Write and explain any four examples for program control instructions.
2 7 Draw the flow chart of interrupt cycle and explain.
2 7 Explain various addressing modes used in computer.
2 8 Explain the addition and subtraction algorithm of sign magnitude numbers with hardware implementation and flowchart.
2 8 Explain the addition and subtraction algorithm of sign 2's complemented numbers with hardware implementation and flowchart.
2 9 Explain the multiplication algorithm of sign magnitude numbers with hardware implementation and flowchart.
2 9 Explain the Booth's algorithm for multiplication of sign 2's complemented numbers with hardware implementation and flowchart.
2 10 Draw the hardware implementaion for 4X3 bit array multiplier and explain the operation.
2 10 Explain the Division algorithm of sign magnitude numbers with hardware implementation and flowchart.
2 1 Differentiate direct addressing and indirect addressing.
2 1 State the importance of INPR and OUTR registers.
2 2 Differentiate between hardwired control and micro programmed control unit.
2 2 Draw the timing diagram for the operation D3T4:SC<-0.
2 3 Explain input and output instructions with examples.
2 3 Give examples for logical and bit manipulation instructions and explain.
2 4 Write different types of data transfer instructions and explain.
2 4 Write different types of data manipulation instructions and explain.
2 5 List out different types of arithmetic instructions and explain them.
2 5 List the memory reference instructions with hex codes.
2 6 What is the difference between a software interrupt and subroutine call?
2 6 Explain BSA and BUN branching instructions.
2 7 Explain any three addressing modes for the Load instruction.
2 7 With the help of neat sketch explain the concept of direct and indirect addressing.
2 8 Explain about conditional branch instructions with example.
2 8 Use RTL statements and explain the operation of subroutine call and return.
2 9 What are the basic differences between branch instruction, a call subroutine instruction and a program interrupt?
2 9 What are the steps involved in the instruction cycle? Write RTL code for instruction fetch and decode.
2 10 List the steps in multiplication of binary numbers 10111 with 10011 using binary multiplier
2 10 Show step-by-step multiplication process using Booth`s algorithm for multiplication of (+15) x (-13) in binary
2 0 Define Instruction code.
2 0 Define opcode in an instruction.
2 0 Draw the instruction format and mention the fields in it.
2 0 State the importance of AC register.
2 0 Define Effective address for a computer instruction.
2 0 List the categories of instructions in a computer.
2 0 Explain the statement T1:IR<-M[AR],PC<-PC+1.
2 0 Differentiate the instructions CLA and CMA.
2 0 Define addressing mode of an instruction.
2 0 State the importance of LOAD instruction.
2 0 List the type of Interrupts in computers.
2 0 Define program interrupt.
2 0 What do you understand by PSW?
2 0 Classify various types of interrupts.
2 0 Explain about JMP and SKP instructions.
2 0 State any two differences between binary multiplier and booth's multiplier
2 0 Perform addition of sign 2's complement numbers (-35)+(-40)
2 0 Perform multiplication of 8 with 7 using binary multiplier
2 0 Draw 2x2 array multiplier hardware.
2 0 State the importance of DVF flag in division algorithm.
3 1 Draw the memory hierarchy in a computer system and explain in terms of speed, size and cost?
3 1 What is the role of main memories in computer system? Explain the importance of RAM and ROM.
Given 128x8 RAM chips and 512x8 ROM chips how many chips are required to design a memory of 2048 bytes?
3 2 What is the size of address bus?
3 2 Design memory connection to CPU for 1024 bytes of memory given 128x8 RAM chips and 512x8 ROM chips.
3 3 Illustrate in detail about the various auxiliary storage devices used in computer
3 3 Explain about content addressable memory with a neat block diagram
3 4 Explain about Associative memory of m word and n bit per word with a neat diagram
3 4 Draw the match logic for one word of associative memory and explain in detail.
3 5 Explain about Associative and set associative mapping technique in cache memory
3 5 What is the need of cache memory and explain different methods of writing into cache memory.
3 6 Define cache memory and hit ratio. Show the connections between a cache memory, CPU and main memory in a computer
3 6 Draw memory table for mapping virtual memory address and explain the operation in detail.
3 7 Show the memory mapping procedure from address space to memory space using pages and blocks.
3 7 Draw the associative memory page table and explain the operation in detail.
3 8 Write short notes on page replacemnt in virtual memory.
3 8 With the help of a neat diagram explain the I/O bus interface to input output devices.
3 9 List out the various Input and output devices used in computer design and state the importance of each.
3 9 What are the different modes of data transfer to or from pheripherals explain each in detail.
3 10 Differentiate Programmed I/O and Interrupt driven I/O.
3 10 Write short notes on DMA transfer with a neat diagram.
3 1 Explain about main memory.
3 1 Write short notes on multiprogramming.
3 2 Draw the block diagram of 128x8 RAM chip and write the function table.
3 2 Draw the block diagram of 512x8 ROM chip.
3 3 Give the classsification of auxillary memories and explain in detail each.
3 3 Diffentiate magnetic memory with optical memories.
3 4 Derive the match logic for each word in associative memory and draw the logic diagram.
3 4 Draw the logic for one cell of an associate memory and explain about the match logic.
3 5 Differentiate between direct mapping and set-associative mapping in cache memory.
3 5 Write about associative mapping technique in case of cache memory.
3 6 Differentiate between `cache write-through` and `cache write-back` methods
3 6 What is the relation between address and memory space in virtual memory system.
3 7 Draw the memory table in a paged system and explain the mapping process.
3 7 List out the major differences between central computer and peripherals.
3 8 Distinguish between I/O and Memory Bus.
3 8 Distinguish between memory mapped I/O and isolated I/O.
3 9 Discuss I/O interface with an example.
3 9 What is the role of timing and control unit in I/O Interface.
3 10 Explain with a neat sketch the data transfer with I/O device.
3 10 Draw the flow chart of CPU program to input data into memory.
3 0 Define: i) RAM ii) ROM
3 0 What is the application of a bootstrap loader?
3 0 Draw the structure of magnetic disk and mention the parts of it.
3 0 What additional logic is required to give a no match result for a word in an associative memory when all key bits are zeros?
A computer has 32 bit instructions and 12-bit addresses. If there are 250 2-address instructions, how many 1-address instructions
3 0 can be formulated?
3 0 Differentiate register stack and memory stack
3 0 What is the role of tag regisgter in associate memory design.
3 0 What is the need of an I/O interface?
3 0 Define locality of reference.
3 0 List out the types of mapping procedures.
3 0 What is the application of a key register?
3 0 Define virtual address.
3 0 What is called as page fault.
3 0 Differentiate I/O command and control command.
3 0 Differentiate control and status command in I/O interface.
3 0 What is the role of status register in I/O data transfer.
3 0 List the three instructions required for transfer of each byte from I/O to memory.
3 0 Differentiate vectored and non vectored interrupt.
3 0 Write short note on Interrupt I/O routine.
3 0 Which method is suited for low speed data transfer with computers.
3 1 What is a computer network? What is the need of a computer network?
3 1 State the use of computer networks in different application domains with examples.
3 2 Discuss in detail about PAN's.
3 2 Explain about LAN?
3 3 Explain about WAN?
3 3 List the different topologies used in computer networks and explain.
3 4 Explain the dynamic channel allocation problem in LAN.
3 4 Explain the static channel allocation problem in LAN.
3 5 Explain the WAN using an ISP Network.
3 5 Differentiate 802.11 and switched Ethernet.
3 6 Compare and contrast OSI and TCP/IP reference models.
3 6 Explain OSI reference model in detail.
3 7 What are the responsibilities of application layer and Presentation layer of OSI model
3 7 What are the responsibilities of physical layer and Presentation layer of OSI model
3 8 Explain TCP/IP reference model in detail.
3 8 What are the responsibilities of the internet layer in TCP/IP model?
3 9 Discuss about host to host protocols in detail.
3 9 Draw the original APRANET design and explain.
3 10 Draw the internet architecture and explain the network operation.
3 10 Differentiate the internet architecture with IEEEE 802.11.
3 1 Differentiate computer network with a distributed network.
3 1 Give some examples of computer networks.
3 2 Draw a two clients and one server model and explain the role of network.
3 2 Explain the client server network model with an example.
3 3 Differentiate P2P and broadcast networks with examples for each.
3 3 Write short notes on IEEE 802.11 standard.
3 4 Discuss about routing and forwarding algorithms in WAN.
3 4 Write short notes on internetwork.
3 5 List the layers of OSI model.
3 5 Give the reasons to revoke certain layers of OSI model in TCP/IP model.
3 6 What are the responsibilities of the presentation layer in TCP/IP model?
3 6 What are the responsibilities of the application layer in TCP/IP model?
3 7 What are the responsibilities of Data link layer and Network layer of OSI model?
3 7 What are the responsibilities of the physical layer in TCP/IP model?
3 8 What are the responsibilities of transport link layer and session layer of OSI model?
3 8 Write short notes on Internet.
3 9 Give the reasons behind the evolution of ARPANET.
3 9 Write a detailed note on ARPANET.
3 10 What are the advantages and disadvantages of bus topology?
3 10 What are the advantages and disadvantages of mesh topology.
3 0 What model amongst OSI and TCP/IP is preferred to model a computer network?
3 0 What are the applications of LAN?
3 0 Name any two disadvantages of Wireless LAN.
3 0 Which of the OSI layers divides the transmitted bit stream into frames?
3 0 Which of the networks amongst LAN, MAN and WAN needs switching and Why?
3 0 Cable Television network falls under which type of network?
3 0 What are the cons of TCP/IP reference model?
3 0 Mention different categories of computer networks and explain them
3 0 Which of the OSI layers determines which route the subnet uses?
3 0 What are the applications of the Internet?
3 0 Define middleware in OS software model.
3 0 Give an example of distributed system
3 0 What do you mean by VPN?
3 0 What do you mean by VOIP?
3 0 What do you mean by WiMax?
3 0 What do you mean by Internet?
3 0 Write short notes on HTTP.
3 0 What is User Datagram Protocol.
3 0 Write short note on fiber to home(FTTH)
3 0 Define MODEM.
4 1 Explain about twisted pair transmission medium
4 1 What are the different categories of UTP and compare them?
4 2 Explain about transmission through coaxial cable
4 2 How waves are transmitted over ground, space and sky? Explain
4 3 Explain stop and wait protocol
4 3 Write short notes on microwave communication
4 4 Write a detailed note on line coding schemes with diagrams
4 4 Explain sliding window protocol
4 5 Discuss error correcting codes
4 5 Explain optical fiber communication in detail?
4 6 Explain selective repeat ARQ
4 6 Explain simplex stop and wait protocol in noiseless medium
4 7 What are the services provided by data link layer to the higher layers?
4 7 Discuss about any two Guided transmission media.
4 8 Explain radio wave propagation with a neat sketch.
4 8 Discuss about unguided transmission media in detail
4 9 Draw the electromagnetic spectrum and state its uses in communication.
4 9 What is framing? What are the methods for framing a packet?
4 10 Discuss in detail about An unrestricted simplex protocol.
4 10 Define CSMA and discuss about Persistent methods
4 1 Write the differences between unshielded and shielded twisted pair communication mediums.
4 1 What are the services provided by the physical layer?
4 2 Explain open wire and twin lead copper wire in detail.
4 2 Is the nyquist theorem true for optical fiber or only copper wire?Justify
4 3 Explain terrestrial communication in detail.
4 3 Explain byte stuffing and bit stuffing
4 4 Explain vertical redundancy checking in detail.
4 4 Explain in short about radio wave communication
4 5 How is flow controlled using sliding window protocols?
4 5 What are the advantages of slotted ALOHA over pure ALOHA?
4 6 How throughput is improved for slotted ALOHA over pure ALOHA?
4 6 Give some error detecting methods
4 7 Discuss collision free protocols
4 7 Write Short notes on the following.
4 8 a) Microwave Transmission
4 8 b) Light wave Transmission
4 9 Write a short note on category3 and category5 unsheilded twisted pair
4 9 Differentiate LED and LASER source in detail for an OFC.
4 10 Write short notes on bit map protocol.
4 10 Write short notes on Adaptive Tree Walk Protocol.
4 0 Differentiate category 3 over category 5 unsheilded twisted pair.
4 0 Compare unguided and guided transmission media.
4 0 Explain how light propagates through an optical fiber
4 0 What are the applications of optical fiber communication?
4 0 Write the applications of microwave communication
4 0 What are the advantages of piggybacking?
4 0 Explain NRZ RZ Manchester coding
4 0 What are the advantages of using sliding window protocol?
4 0 What are the disadvantages of using sliding window protocol?
4 0 Is an oil pipeline a simplex system, a half-duplex system, a full duplex system or none?
4 0 What is the check summed frame transmitted if the message is 1101011011 and the generator polynomial is x^4+x+1 using CRC
4 0 What is error detection and what is its significance?
4 0 When one would prefer an error detection and retransmission to an error correcting code?
4 0 Draw the side view of a single fiber and mention the parts in detail.
4 0 Draw fiber optic ring with active repeaters.
4 0 What do you mean by collision.
4 0 How the frames are transmitted in pure ALOHA.
4 0 State any two services provided by the data link layer?
4 0 What is the early protocol designed for wireless LAN?
4 0 List the drawbacks of guided transmission media.
5 1 Explain store and forward packet switching with neat diagram?
5 1 Discuss the services provided by the network layer to the transport layer
5 2 Explain shortest path routing algorithm with an example.
5 2 Explain dijkstra algorithm with an example
5 3 Explain the concept involved in Flooding algorithm
5 3 What is flooding? Why flooding technique is not commonly used for routing?
5 4 Distinguish between virtual circuit and datagram type of routing?
5 4 Explain Distance Vector routing algorithm with an example
5 5 What is congestion? What are the general principals of congestion control?
5 5 What are the differences between Static Routing Algorithm and Dynamic Routing Algorithm?
5 6 Explain Broadcast routing algorithm with an example
5 6 How a connection is established in a Transport Protocol. Explain three protocol scenarios for establishing a connection
5 7 Discuss about Berkeley sockets.
5 7 Explain the structure of TCP Header format in detail
5 8 Discuss in detail about user data gram protocol(UDP)
5 8 Draw the UDP header format and explain each field
Write short notes on the following
(a) Electronic mail
(b) Webmail
(c) IMAP
5 9
5 9 Explain in detail the services provided by a user agent in E-Mail
5 10 Explain how DNS is used for internet.
5 10 Explain RFC 5322 message formats in detail
5 1 Write short notes on Implementation of Connectionless Service.
5 1 Write short notes on Implementation of Connection oriented Service.
5 2 Discuss about Link State Routing.
5 2 Explain Hierarchical routing algorithm with an example
5 3 What is multi-cast routing? Explain.
5 3 What is choke packet? How is it used for congestion control?
5 4 How congestion control is performed by leaky bucket algorithm?
5 4 List the congestion prevention policies used in networks.
5 5 How congestion control is performed by Token bucket algorithm?
5 5 What are the different transport layer protocols
5 6 Write the functions of transport layer.
5 6 Explain TCP connection establishment with neat diagram
5 7 Discuss congestion control in TCP.
5 7 What is the main function of UDP protocol?
5 8 Explain domain name system in detail
5 8 How two army problem is related to TCP connection release?
5 9 Explain RFC 822 message formats in detail
5 9 Draw the architecture E-mail and explain its operation.
5 10 What is DNS? What are the advantages of DNS?
5 10 Write short notes on MIME & SMTP.
5 0 State one differences between virtual circuit subnets and datagram subnets
5 0 Explain multicast routing.
5 0 What is the application of multiplexing?
5 0 What is Nesting of segments, packets, and frames.
5 0 What are the primitives for a simple transport service.
5 0 Explain Jitter control
5 0 Explain Random early detection
5 0 What is TCP?
5 0 What are choke packets.
5 0 What is TSAP?
5 0 What is FTP?
5 0 Draw TCP connection establishment in the normal case.
5 0 What is SACK?
5 0 Define checksum in TCP header.
5 0 How many bytes are reserved for IP header in TCP header.
5 0 What is cybersquatting?
5 0 Explain your understanding of SMTP protocol
5 0 Who are message transfer agents.
5 0 What is MIME protocol
5 0 Give the applications of E-mail.