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Professor Miller, Manchester Metropolitan University, Electrical Engineering, Multimedia Applications, 1999 2000 Exam,
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Examination for the BSc (HONS) MEDIA TECHNOLOGY/MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY YEAR ONE
Monday 22 May 2000
2.00 pm to 5.00pm
Instructions to Candidates
Attempt any FOUR questions.
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(i) centralprocessing unit [3] (ii) input/output [3] (iii) prim ary (m ain) m em ory [3] (iv) secondary m em ory [3] (v) data bus [2] (vi) cach e m em ory [2]
(b ) D iscuss th e k ey factors th at im pact on th e perform ance of a personal com puter. [5]
(c) D e scrib e th e sequence of events th at occurs w h en th e CPU fetch es an instruction from m em ory. [4]
(b) Explain why the capacity of the primary memory can have a significant impact on the performance of a personal computer. [7]
(c) Describe the options that are currently available for secondary memory. [8]
(b ) Explain w h y th e PCI (Periph eralCom ponent Interconnect) bus h as a h igh er data transfer rate th an th e ISA (Industry Standard A rch itecture) bus. [4]
(c) If a PCI bus h as 64 data lines and runs w ith a clock speed of 66 MH z calculate th e m inim um th eoreticaltim e to transfer a 100 MB (Mega- Byte) file over this bus. [6]
