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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

University Village, 91 Cadastral Zone, Nnamdi Azikwe Expressway, Jabi,


Abuja
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
2023_1 POP EXAMINATION 231

CIT314 – Architecture and Organization II Credit: 3 units


TIME ALLOWED: 2½ Hours
INSTRUCTION: Answer Question 1 and any other THREE (3) Questions.

Question One

a. Discuss the types of faults may occur in the cloud environment leading
to failures and performance degradation. (4 marks)
b. Outline the challenges of implementing fault tolerance in cloud
computing. (7 marks)
c. With example describe the concept of cloud computing. (5 marks)
d. List the major issues that may arise in the process of fault modelling and
evaluation. (5 marks)
e. Describe the concept of virtual memory as a tool for caching. (4 marks)
Question Two
a. Describe any four important instruction set design issues in computer
architecture. (6 marks)
b. Clearly highlight, the advantages and disadvantages of pipelining. (5
marks)
c. Define the following terms:
a. Translation lookaside buffer (TLB) (2 marks)
b. The Second Chance Page Replacement Algorithm. (2 marks)

Question Three
a. Explain the architectural concept of a computer system that enables it
operate such that all programs are executing at the same time. (5
marks)
b. Give a short description of floppy disks recording methods. (6 marks)
c. Why is virtual memory important to a programmer? (2 marks)
d. Define Fault Tree Analysis. (2 marks)
Question Four
a. Highlight the major goals of devising a fault model. (4 marks)
b. Discuss the term Fault Models (6 marks)
c. What is virtual memory and outline its’ important capabilities that
actuates memory abstraction? (5 marks)
Question Five
a. With the aid of a diagram, discuss the hierarchy design of memory in a
computer system. (6 marks)
b. List the main characteristics of magnetic tape memory. (5 marks)
c. Why is memory hierarchy relevant in the organization of a computer
system? (4 marks)

Question Six
a. Describe the possible ways of Data transfer to and from the peripherals.
(6 marks)
b. Discuss the features inherent in Compact Disk Read-Only Memory. (7
marks)
c. What are the drawbacks of using virtual memory? (2 marks)

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