COS2621 Computer Organisation

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COS2621 EXAM PACK 2023

COS2621 EXAM PACK 2023

TYPICAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PART - I OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS Each Question carries 2 marks. Choose correct or the best alternative in the following: Q.1 Translator for low level programming language were termed as (A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Linker (D) Loader Ans: (A) Q.2 Analysis which determines the meaning of a statement once its grammatical structure becomes known is termed as (A) Semantic analysis (B) Syntax analysis (C) Regular analysis (D) General analysis Ans: (A) ...

Summary 1.1 Organization and Architecture Computer architecture - refers to those attributes of a system visible to a programmer, ie: those attributes that have a direct impact on the logical execution of a program. Examples are: instruction set, number of bits used to represent various data types, I/O mechanisms, and techniques for addressing memory. Computer organization - refers to the operational units and their interconnections that realize the architectural specifications. Examples...

Chapter 1 - Introduction Summary 1.1 Organization and Architecture Computer architecture - refers to those attributes of a system visible to a programmer, ie: those attributes that have a direct impact on the logical execution of a program. Examples are: instruction set, number of bits used to represent various data types, I/O mechanisms, and techniques for addressing memory. Computer organization - refers to the operational units and their interconnections that realize the architectural...

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PART - I OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS Each Question carries 2 marks. Choose correct or the best alternative in the following: Q.1 Translator for low level programming language were termed as (A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Linker (D) Loader Ans: (A) Q.2 Analysis which determines the meaning of a statement once its grammatical structure becomes known is termed as (A) Semantic analysis (B) Syntax analysis (C) Regular analysis (D) General analysis Ans: (A) Q.3...

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS PART - I OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS Each Question carries 2 marks. Choose correct or the best alternative in the following: Q.1 Translator for low level programming language were termed as (A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Linker (D) Loader Ans: (A) Q.2 Analysis which determines the meaning of a statement once its grammatical structure becomes known is termed as (A) Semantic analysis (B) Syntax analysis (C) Regular analysis (D) General analysis Ans: (A) Q.3...

COS2621 - Solutions to Past Papers October / November 2012 Question 2(a) (5) To improve performance, designers have turned to a fundamentally new approach to chip organization and architecture, called multicore organization. Explain what this means and list four of the advantages of using this approach. Multicore - Multiple processors on the same chip - with a large shared cache. • increases performance without increasing the clock rate; • justifies much larger caches; • results i...

Ref. Chap Title Page 1. 1 Introduction 2 2. 2 Computer Evolution & Peformance 5 3. 3 A Top-Level View of Computer Function & Interconnection 10 4. 4 Cache Memory 5. 5 Internal Memory Technology 6. 6 External Memory 7. 7 Input / Output 8. 9 Computer Arithmetic 9. 10 Instruction Sets: Characteristics & Functions 10. 11 Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes & Formats 11. 12 Processor Structure & Function 12. 13 Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC) 13. Appendix B - Assembly Language & ...