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    ACA Mid XM Questions

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    The document contains 8 questions for a midterm exam on computer architecture. The questions cover topics such as mirroring, RAID configurations like block interleaved parity and distributed block interleaved parity, clusters, fiber optic cables, cache techniques, bus transactions, direct memory access, interrupt driven I/O, polling, congestion control, bit interleaved parity, measuring I/O performance, flash memory vs PROM, and fault tolerance techniques.

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    The document contains 8 questions for a midterm exam on computer architecture. The questions cover topics such as mirroring, RAID configurations like block interleaved parity and distributed block interleaved parity, clusters, fiber optic cables, cache techniques, bus transactions, direct memory access, interrupt driven I/O, polling, congestion control, bit interleaved parity, measuring I/O performance, flash memory vs PROM, and fault tolerance techniques.

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    The document contains 8 questions for a midterm exam on computer architecture. The questions cover topics such as mirroring, RAID configurations like block interleaved parity and distributed block interleaved parity, clusters, fiber optic cables, cache techniques, bus transactions, direct memory access, interrupt driven I/O, polling, congestion control, bit interleaved parity, measuring I/O performance, flash memory vs PROM, and fault tolerance techniques.

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    ACA Mid XM Questions

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    ACA mid exam questions

    Q1. (a) Explain mirroring". (b) Explain the block interleaved parity and distributed block interleaved parity. Q2. (a) What is a cluster? Explain about the designing of a cluster with an example. (b) Write short notes on: i. Fiber Optic Cables ii. Wavelength division multiplexing. Q3. (a) How are conflict misses reduced? (b) What is Write back and write through cache? Q4. (a) Draw the diagram of a bus read transaction. Explain the actions. (b) What do you mean by direct memory access? Explain how it works. Q5. (a) Write short notes on Interrupt driven I/O (b) Write short notes on Polling. Q6. (a) Explain the congestion control. How can it be reduced? (b) Write about the bit interleaved parity. Give an example comparing RAID 3 and RAID 4/5 on small write updates. Q7. (a) Explain how I/O performance can be measured. (b) Give the steps in designing an I/O system. Q8. (a) What is the meant by flash memory and explain? What is the difference between the flash memory and PROM? (b) Classify fault and fault tolerance techniques.

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