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GATE CS Computer Organization and Architecture questions

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Track address sizes, cache organisation and pipeline dependencies carefully. Write down the units and assumptions before computing memory access times or processor performance.

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Official PYQ1990Computer Organization and ArchitectureI/O Interface: Interrupt and DMA ModeNAT · 1 mark
State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE with reason: The data transfer between memory and I/O devices using programmed I/O is faster than interrupt-driven I/O.
Official PYQ1987Computer Organization and ArchitectureI/O Interface: Interrupt and DMA ModeNAT · 1 mark
State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE: Data transfer between a microprocessor and an I/O device is usually faster in memory-mapped-I/O scheme than in I/O-mapped -I/O scheme.
Official PYQ1987Computer Organization and ArchitectureI/O Interface: Interrupt and DMA ModeNAT · 1 mark
State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE In a microprocessor-based system, if a bus (DMA) request and an interrupt request arrive sumultaneously, the microprocessor attends first to the bus request.
Official PYQ1987Computer Organization and ArchitectureI/O Interface: Interrupt and DMA ModeMCQ · 1 mark
On receiving an interrupt from a I/O device the CPU:
Official PYQ1987Computer Organization and ArchitectureALU, Data-path and Control UnitMCQ · 1 mark
A microprogrammed control unit
Official PYQ1987Computer Organization and ArchitectureMachine Instructions and Addressing ModesMCQ · 1 mark
The most relevant addressing mode to write position-independent codes is: