The assignment for the subject Computer Organization. The questions and the instructions will be in the attached file. Note that the answer must be unique because the plagiarism check will be conducted. Also, Using AI tools can lead to plagiarism issue since lots of student us it. Thank you,
College of Computing and Informatics
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Instructions:
• You must submit two separate copies (one Word file and one PDF file) using the Assignment Template on
Blackboard via the allocated folder. These files must not be in compressed format.
• It is your responsibility to check and make sure that you have uploaded both the correct files.
• Zero mark will be given if you try to bypass the SafeAssign (e.g. misspell words, remove spaces between
words, hide characters, use different character sets, convert text into image or languages other than English
or any kind of manipulation).
• Email submission will not be accepted.
• You are advised to make your work clear and well-presented. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
• You must use this template, failing which will result in zero mark.
• You MUST show all your work, and text must not be converted into an image, unless specified otherwise by
the question.
• Late submission will result in ZERO mark.
• The work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO mark.
• Use Times New Roman font for all your answers.
Question One
Pg. 01
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO1
Describe the
structure of
computer
systems.
Question One
1.5 Marks
The work performed by an individual computer system within the IT system can be
characterized by the Input-Process-Output (IPO) model. Use the IPO model to analyze
the process of deposit money into an ATM. Keep it simple!
Question Two
Pg. 02
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO1
Describe the
structure of
computer
systems.
Question Two
1.5 Marks
In your opinion, why Google use inexpensive commodity PCs, similar to standard,
medium power, non-state-of-the-art, off-the-shelf PCs in its datacenter? Your
explanation should not exceed one page.
Question Three
Pg. 03
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO2
Explain various
machine
language
concepts.
Question Three
3 Marks
Write the following Base 10 numbers into the new Base. Explain your answer.
•
(567)10 into Base 9
•
(123)10 into Base 4
•
(73)10 into Base 2
Write the following numbers into Base 10. Explain your answer.
•
(64)8
•
(1001001)2
•
(1FA3)16
Question Four
Pg. 04
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO4
Analyze the
Question Four
2 Marks
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a coding system that can be
used to represent characters.
a. Explain how ASCII is used to represent text in a computer system.
relationship
between
computer system
structure and
performance
b. Unicode is also used to represent text in a computer system. Explain the
difference between the character sets of Unicode and ASCII
c. Convert the word CAB into binary using the ASCII character set.
d. What character string does the binary ASCII code.
01010011 01000101 01010101
