Bharatier University Off Campus Center

Christ College IJK

BSC Computer Science 4th Sem
PC Hardware
Max Time 3 HR Max Mark 100

I Fill in the blanks (10 X 1 = 10)

1 . 80286 micro processor supports ---------------------amount of RAM
(16 MB, 64MB, 640 KB , 1MB)
2. SRAM stands for
(Simple RAM, Synchronous RAM, Static RAM, None of these)
3. ------------------ ROM uses UV light to erase contents
(PROM, EAPROM, EEPROM, None of these)
4. ------------mode of parallel port uses DMA channel 3
(Standard, ECP, EPP, None of these)
5. INT 0 is used by ------------------ hardware devise
(DMA, Timer, Key board, None of these)
6. -------------is a high speed serial port used in computers
(IEEE 1394, VESA local bus, USB, FTP)
7. The size of conventional memory is ---------------
(640 B, 640KB, 640 MB , 64 KB)
8. Thickness of a DVD is -------------
(1.2 mm, 1,2 cm , 1.2 m , None of these)
9. In the specification of DVD what is the value of X in KBPS
(150, 240, 300, None of these)
10. A modem is connected to ----------port
(Serial, Parallel, ISA, PCI)

II Answer any 5 (5 X 2 = 10)

1. What do you mean by motherboard form factor
2. What is FSB
3. What do you mean by superscalar architecture
4. Explain any 2 devices used in PC Diagnostics
5. What is the difference between DVD-R/RW and DVD + R/RW
6. Pentium is a 32 bit processor. What do you mean by this

Answer any one Full question from each

III 1. Explain System Assembly and Disassembly procedure (16)
OR
2. Explain the Components of PC with features (16)

IV 1 . What are the modes of Processors (10)

 2 . Explain any 3 CPU Packages (6)
OR
1. Explain the features of Pentium processors (8)
2. Explain the specifications of a processor (8)

V 1 . Explain the I/O Buses in detail (10)

2 . Explain the up gradation of BIOS (6)
OR
1 . What are the system resources, how can we resolve the various system
conflicts (16)

VI 1. Explain the Conventional memory, extended memory and expanded memory

(10)
2 . How memory speed is specified (6)
OR
1. Compare the various Memories FPM RAM, EDO RAM, SDRAM , DDRRAM
(12)
2. Explain the working of cache memory (4)

VIII 1 . Explain the different DVD formats (12)

2. What do you mean by mutisession disc (4)
Or
1. Explain the working of CD Drive(12)
2 .Compare optical storage and Primary storage (4)

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