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BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, LONERE
Supplementary Examination Summer 2024
Course: B. Tech. Semester:III
Branch : Electronics and Computer Engineering / Electronics and Computer
Science Engineering
Subject Code & Name: BTESC304_EC Computer Architecture &Operating System
Max Marks: 60 Date: 06/07/2024 Duration: 3 Hr.
Instructions to the Students:
1. All the questions are compulsory.
2. The level of question/expected answer as per OBE or the Course Outcome (CO) on
which the question is based is mentioned in ( ) in front of the question.
3. Use of non-programmable scientific calculators is allowed.
4. Assume suitable data wherever necessary and mention it clearly.
(Level/CO) Marks
Q. 1 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) Give the comparison between computer organization and computer 1/CO1 6
architecture.
B) Explain different types of addressing modes. 2/CO1 6
C) Explain RISC and CISC architecture. 3/CO1 6
Q.2 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) What are the different issues related in cache memory? How does cache 2/CO2 6
memory works?
B) State the characteristics of Magnetic disk, optical memory and RAID. 3/CO2 6
C) Explain Principle of operation of paging and Page allocation Hardware 4/CO2 6
support for paging,
Q. 3 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) List the applications of Microprogramming. 1/CO3 6
B) Why does an assembly line in a manufacturing plant refer to as 3/CO3 6
pipelining.Discuss the need of instruction pipe-lining.
C) Explain programmed I/O module and Interrupt driven I/O. 4/CO3 6
Q.4 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) What is operating system ? Give objectives and functions of 1/CO1 6
Operating System (OS).
B) Explain Multiple-Processor Scheduling in detail. 3/CO4 6
C) What are the advantages of Threads over process . Explain the types of 4/CO4 6
Threads.
Q. 5 Solve Any Two of the following. 12
A) What is the purpose of using semaphores in synchronization ? 4/CO5 6
B) What is the key factor in preventing deadlocks in a system? 5/CO5 6
C) What are the different Methods for handling Deadlocks? 2/CO5 6
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