JNTUH MTECH CSE CSD QP R09 SUPPLY SEP-2010

Code No: C5802, C0502, C4002
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
M. Tech I- Semester Supplementary Examinations September, 2010
COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN
(Common to Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science, Information
Technology)
Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 60
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Explain the register structure in IA-32 Pentium machine.
b) What is DMA? Explain the use of DMA controller in a computer system.
2. Explain execution of a complete instruction with the help of Branch Instruction.
3. What is the basic idea of instruction pipelining? Explain a 4-stage pipeline in
detail.
4. Explain the Address Translation methods in Virtual Memory.
5. What is Segmentation? Explain any two page replacement algorithms with
necessary examples.
6. What is message passing? How does the producer consumer problem can be
solved with message passing?
7. What is a Dead Lock? What are the necessary conditions for a dead lock? Explain
Dead lock Avoidance and Detection.
8. Discuss various protection mechanisms in operating system to protect files.
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JNTUH M.TECH CSE ACA R09-QP SUPPLY SEP-2010

Code No: C8401
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
M.Tech I- Semester Supplementary Examinations September, 2010
ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
(Real Time Systems)
Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 60
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Explain different addressing modes of Pentium processor.
b) What design considerations while devising the instruction set.
2. a) Explain the principles of associate memory.
b) Distinguish between paging and segmented paging.
3. Write a short note on following
i) I/O addressing.
ii) Direct memory access Techniques.
iii) Data Hazards.
4. a) Distinguish between Horizontal and Vertical instruction format.
b) What are the issues in interrupt implementation?
5. a) Explain brief about the functioning of LASER printer.
b) What are the functions of I/O PROCESSOR?
6. Write a short note for the following
i) Dynamic scheduling with score boarding.
ii) Dynamic branch prediction.
iii) Dynamic memory disambiguation.
7. Explain briefly about the principles and features of various types of storage
devices.
8. With respect to connection of more than TWO computer systems, briefly explain
about switch topology, shared and switched media.
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