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COA Unit-1 and Unit-2 list of questions

The document lists questions for COA Unit-I and Unit-II, covering topics such as microcomputer architecture, floating point representation, arithmetic operations, and the architecture of the 8086 microprocessor. It includes both essay and short answer questions, focusing on concepts like instruction cycles, addressing modes, and types of instructions. The questions are designed to assess understanding of computer organization and architecture principles.

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COA Unit-1 and Unit-2 list of questions

The document lists questions for COA Unit-I and Unit-II, covering topics such as microcomputer architecture, floating point representation, arithmetic operations, and the architecture of the 8086 microprocessor. It includes both essay and short answer questions, focusing on concepts like instruction cycles, addressing modes, and types of instructions. The questions are designed to assess understanding of computer organization and architecture principles.

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COA Unit-I & Unit-II List of questions

Unit-I
Essay Questions:
1.Explain all the functional parts of Microcomputer with neat diagram.
2. Explain what is Von-Neuman architecture.
3. Write note on IEEE single precision floating point representation and double precision
floating point representation.
4. Problems on 1’s complement and 2’s complement arithmetic.
5. Write about Half Adder.
6. Explain Full adder with neat diagram.
7. Write about Ripple carry adder (or) Binary parallel adder with neat diagram.
8. Write about Carry look-a-head adder.
9. Write about Shift and add multiplier with neat flow chart.
10. Draw the booth’s multiplication flowchart and explain.
11. Draw addition and subtraction flowchart and explain.
Short Answer questions:
1. What is Computer Organization and Architecture?
2. In how many ways signed integer can be represented.
3. Number base conversions (Problems) Example: Decimal to binary, Binary to Decimal
etc.
4. Represent the given decimal number -46(10) in sign-magnitude form, signed 1’s
complement form and signed 2’s complement form. (Note: Any number can be given
in exam)
5. Problems on 1’s complement arithmetic and 2’s complement arithmetic.
6. Truth tables of all logic gates.
Unit – II
Essay Questions.
1.Draw the architecture of 8086 and explain.
2. What is a Register. Explain the purpose of each and every register.
3. Draw the flowchart of Instruction cycle and explain.
4. Write the RTL for fetch an decode and explain it with neat diagram.
5. What is stored program organization explain it with diagram.
6. Write the RTL’s any four memory reference instructions.
7. Write note on all the addressing modes.
8. Write about different types of instructions present in the instruction set.
9. Write about Microprogrammed control unit. ( or Micro program sequencer or address
sequencing)
Short Answer Questions:
1. Explain different types of Computer instruction formats.
2. Explain the micro-instruction format.
3. What is mapping in microprogrammed control unit.
4. What is the difference between microprogrammed control unit and hardwired control
unit.
5. What is CAR and SBR. (Control Address register and Subroutine register)
6. Explain any three program control instructions.
7. What are the different cycles of phases present in the instruction cycle.
8. What are the two major parts available in the architecture of 8086.
9. What is use of segment registers in 8086 micro-processor.
10. How many segment registers are present in 8086. What is the purpose of each and
every register.
11. What is memory segmentation in 8086?
12. What is the total memory capacity of 8086?
13. What is system bus?

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