List all the computer generations with period and technology used.
(5 Marks)
Explain multiprocessing in the form of definition, key features, advantages-
disadvantages and example. (5 marks)
Please solve following equations and show all the steps involved.
(3 marks)
o 1110 + 1001
o 1010 + 0111
o 110101 + 101111
List all the main components of computer device along with its functionality.
(5 Marks)
Explain various methods of data representation in computers with example
(5 marks)
Explain the high-level language, machine-level/low-level language and
various differences between them. (5 marks)
Please solve following equations and show all the steps involved.
(2 marks)
o 1110 – 0101
o 1101 – 0110
Explain the concept of Compiler and various steps executed by the compiler. (5
Marks)
Explain the concept of Packages as well as explain various examples (atleast
4 packages). (5 marks)
Please solve following equations and show all the steps involved.
(3 marks)
o 11011 + 10101
o 10110 + 11101
o 101110 + 111001
Explain the concept of Data representation in computer systems with various
types. (5 Marks)
Explain the concept of Bus architecture and its types. (5 Marks)
Please solve following equations and show all the steps involved.
(2 marks)
o 10110 – 01100
o 11001 - 001111
Difference between Primary memory & Secondary memory. (5 Marks)
List various categories & sub-categories of System software and explain
each in 1 line. (5 marks)
Explain various steps carried out by CPU to perform any task. (5 Marks)
Describe on-line & real-time processing methodologies and explain
differences between them with an example. (5 marks)
List the difference between Von Neumann & Harvard architecture. (5 Marks)
Define General purpose application software and special purpose
application software with an example. (3 marks)
Describe Batch processing & real-time processing methodologies and
explain differences between them with an example. (5 marks)
Please solve following equations and show all the steps involved.
(5 marks)
• 10101 + 11011
• 01101 + 10110
• 10011 + 11101
• 10110 – 00111
• 11001 – 01111
List the difference between various processing methodologies. (5 Marks)
Convert following numbers from Binary to decimal using multiple repetition
method and show all the steps. (2 marks)
1010101010
1101010101
Explain binary addition rules, binary subtraction rules and two’s complement with
an example. (5 Marks)
List various characteristics of Computer. (5 Marks)
Explain machine-level language and key characteristics. (5 marks)
List the difference between HDD & SSD. (5 Marks)
Explain at least 5 features of current generation computers. (5 marks)
Explain why SSD is faster than HDD? (5 marks)
Which type of language is used by developers for developing Operating
system and why? (5 marks)
Convert following numbers from Octal to Decimal with all the steps (5
marks)
Solve following binary arithmetic equations and show all the steps
involved.(5 marks)
o 10000 – 01111
o 101010 – 010101
o 11111111 – 10101010
o 100011 – 001111
o 101101 - 001100