10 Questions
What are the basic components of a Micro-computer according to the text?
Basic Block; Program memory; Data memory; I/O Ports; Clock generator
Explain the Interconnecting Components in a Micro-computer as mentioned in the text.
Necessary functional block; Bussed architecture for microcomputer; memory addressing; Addressing I/O ports; comparison of I/O mapped and memory mapped I/O
What are the Input Output Techniques discussed in the text?
Non-CPU devices; Program & interrupt controlled I/O; Hardware controlled I/O or DMA
What is the aim of the course outlined in the text?
To introduce the overall organization of microcomputers and operating systems
Why is the study of computer organization in the text restricted to the description and understanding part only?
Because the computer organization study is very vast & complicated
What are some examples of CPUs discussed in the text?
Intel 8088, 286, 386, 486, 586 Pentium, P54C, MMX P55C; Motorola 6800 & 88100 series; CYRIX & AMD CPUs
Explain the memory addressing modes of Intel 8088.
Segment offset; Data addressing modes; Addressing for branch instructions
What are the components of the Motherboard of a General PC according to the text?
8088 CPU; ROM & RAM; Keyboard & its interface; System timer/counters; Hardware interrupt vectoring; DMA controller & channels; Interfacing to audio speaker; Bus slots & feature cards
Describe the Video Display Adapters & Their Video Modes discussed in the text.
Monochrome & colour graphics adapters
What are the fundamental components of Operating System viz. DOS/WINDOWS as mentioned in the text?
ROM bootstrap, IO.SYS, DOS.SYS, Command.COM
This quiz pertains to Part-C of Computer Hardware in the first paper of Computer Science. It covers design concepts, organizational details of common PCs, microcomputers, operating systems, and the interaction of devices with operating software.
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