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Question 1

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Associative Mapping
Answer
  • • Each block mapped to any cache location
  • • Each memory block is mapped to exactly one block in the cache
  • • Each block mapped to subset of cache locations

Question 2

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Direct Mapping
Answer
  • • Each block mapped to any cache location
  • • Each memory block is mapped to exactly one block in the cache
  • • Each block mapped to subset of cache locations

Question 3

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Set-Associative Mapping
Answer
  • • Each block mapped to any cache location
  • • Each memory block is mapped to exactly one block in the cache
  • • Each block mapped to subset of cache locations

Question 4

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• Structural hazards
Answer
  • different instructions in different stages (or the same stage) conflicting for the same resource
  • an instruction cannot continue because it needs a value that has not yet been generated by an earlier instruction
  • fetch cannot continue because it does not know the outcome of an earlier branch – special case of a data hazard

Question 5

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• Data hazards
Answer
  • different instructions in different stages (or the same stage) conflicting for the same resource
  • an instruction cannot continue because it needs a value that has not yet been generated by an earlier instruction
  • fetch cannot continue because it does not know the outcome of an earlier branch – special case of a data hazard

Question 6

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• Control hazards
Answer
  • different instructions in different stages (or the same stage) conflicting for the same resource
  • an instruction cannot continue because it needs a value that has not yet been generated by an earlier instruction
  • fetch cannot continue because it does not know the outcome of an earlier branch – special case of a data hazard

Question 7

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• Compulsory misses
Answer
  • The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache
  • Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative

Question 8

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• Capacity misses
Answer
  • The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache
  • Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative

Question 9

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• Conflict misses
Answer
  • The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache
  • Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative

Question 10

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4) Choose the feature(s) of first generation computer architecture
Answer
  • • Vacuum tubes, Assembly language
  • • Multilevel Caches
  • • Avoiding Address Translation during Cache Indexing

Question 11

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5) A common measure of performance for a processor is the rate at which instructions are executed, called
Answer
  • • CPI
  • • Clock Rate
  • • MFLOPS
  • • MIPS

Question 12

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6) A technique used in advanced microprocessors where the microprocessor begins executing a first instruction before the second has been completed is called pipelining
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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7) Choose the features of third generation computer architecture
Answer
  • • Object-Oriented Programming
  • • Graphics
  • • Timesharing
  • • Floating point arithmetic
  • • Use of cache memory

Question 14

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8) Choose advanced cache optimizations
Answer
  • • Giving Reads Priority over Writes
  • • Larger Cache Size
  • • Hardware Prefetching of Instructions and Data
  • • Merging Write Buffer
  • • Critical Word First and Early Restart

Question 15

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9) Choose basic cache optimizations
Answer
  • • Compiler-Controlled Prefetching
  • • Nonblocking Caches
  • • Small and Simple First-Level Caches
  • • Multilevel Caches
  • • Avoiding Address Translation during Cache Indexing

Question 16

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10) Choose data dependences
Answer
  • • Read-After-Read
  • • Read-After-Write
  • • Write-After-Write
  • • Write-After-Read

Question 17

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11) Choose hazard for the following definition: an instruction cannot continue because it needs a value that has not yet been generated by an earlier instruction
Answer
  • • Data
  • • Structural
  • • Control

Question 18

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12) Choose hazard for the following definition: different instructions in different stages (or the same stage) conflicting for the same resource
Answer
  • o Structural
  • o Data
  • o Control

Question 19

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13) Choose hazard for the following definition: fetch cannot continue because it does not know the outcome of an earlier branch - special case of a data hazard
Answer
  • o Control
  • o Structural
  • o Data

Question 20

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14) Choose the access method(s)
Answer
  • o Parallel Access
  • o Indirect Access
  • o Random Access
  • o Direct Access
  • o Sequential Access

Question 21

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15) Choose the component of SSD for the following definition: High speed RAM memory components used for speed matching and to increased data throughput
Answer
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Flash Memory Components
  • o Addressing
  • o Controller
  • o Error Correction

Question 22

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16) Choose the component of SSD for the following definition: Individual NAND flash chips
Answer
  • o Flash Memory Components
  • o Addressing
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Controller
  • o Error Correction

Question 23

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17) Choose the component of SSD for the following definition: Logic for error detection and correction
Answer
  • o Error Correction
  • o Addressing
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Controller
  • o Flash memory components

Question 24

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18) Choose the component of SSD for the following definition: Logic that performs the selection function across the flash memory components
Answer
  • o Addressing
  • o Flash Memory Components
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Controller
  • o Error Correction

Question 25

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19) Choose the component of SSD for the following definition: provides SSD device level interfacing and firmware execution
Answer
  • o Controller
  • o Addressing
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Error correction
  • o Flash memory components

Question 26

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20) Choose the components of SSD
Answer
  • o Controller
  • o Addressing
  • o Data buffer/cache
  • o Data size
  • o Memory hierarchy

Question 27

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21) Choose the definition for capacity misses
Answer
  • o Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • o The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache
  • o Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative

Question 28

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22) Choose the definition for compulsory misses
Answer
  • o Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • o Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative
  • o The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache

Question 29

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23) Choose the definition for conflict misses
Answer
  • o Occurs if the block placement strategy is not fully associative
  • o Occurs if the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program
  • o The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache

Question 30

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24) Choose the element(s) of cache design
Answer
  • o Tag
  • o Latency
  • o AMAT
  • o Mapping Function
  • o Replacement Algorithm
  • o Number of Caches

Question 31

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25) Choose the element(s) of cache design
Answer
  • o Tag
  • o AMAT
  • o Latency
  • o Cache Size
  • o Line Size
  • o Number of Caches

Question 32

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26) Choose the feature(s) of first generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o Magnetic core memory
  • o Semiconductor memory
  • o Machine code
  • o Assembly language
  • o Vacuum tubes

Question 33

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27) Choose the feature(s) of fourth generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o Object-Oriented programming
  • o Wide spread use of data communications
  • o Smallest in size
  • o Use of cache memory
  • o Use of drum memory or magnetic core memory

Question 34

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28) Choose the feature(s) of second generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o High level languages
  • o Transistors
  • o 2 Kb memory, 10 KIPS
  • o 2 Mb memory, 5 MIPS
  • o Different types of supported instructions

Question 35

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29) Choose the feature(s) of third generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o Object-Oriented programming
  • o Floating point arithmetic
  • o Timesharing
  • o Use of cache memory
  • o Graphics

Question 36

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30) Choose the key characteristics of computer memory systems
Answer
  • o Location
  • o Unit of Transfer
  • o Access Method
  • o Stalling
  • o Hazards

Question 37

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31) Choose the key characteristics of computer memory systems
Answer
  • o Capacity
  • o Performance
  • o Organization
  • o Instruction Fetch
  • o Instruction Decode

Question 38

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32) Choose the key characteristics of computer memory systems
Answer
  • o %20% Physical Type
  • o %20% Physical Characteristics
  • o %20% Access Method
  • o %20% Unit of Transfer
  • o %20% Performance

Question 39

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33) Choose the performance factor
Answer
  • o Cache Size
  • o Line Size
  • o Instruction Count
  • o Number of Processor Cycles
  • o Number of memory references

Question 40

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34) Choose the performance factor(s)
Answer
  • o Cache Size
  • o Line Size
  • o Instruction Count
  • o Number of Processor Cycles
  • o Number of memory references

Question 41

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36) Choose the physical characteristic(s) of disk systems
Answer
  • o Disk system implementstion
  • o Disk Size
  • o Head Mechanism
  • o Head Motion
  • o Disk Portability

Question 42

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36) Choose the physical characteristic(s) of disk systems
Answer
  • o Disk system implementstion
  • o Disk Size
  • o Head Mechanism
  • o Head Motion
  • o Disk Portability

Question 43

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37) Choose the right formula for AMAT
Answer
  • o AMAT \= Hit time + Miss rate + Miss penalty
  • o AMAT \= Hit time * Miss rate + Miss penalty
  • o AMAT \= Hit time * Miss rate * Miss penalty
  • o AMAT \= Hit time + Miss rate * Miss penalty

Question 44

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38) Choose the system attribute(s) by which the performance factors are influenced
Answer
  • o Cache size
  • o Unit of Transfer
  • o Compiler Technology
  • o Processor Implementation
  • o Cache and memory hierarchy

Question 45

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39) Choose the type(s) of auxiliary memory
Answer
  • o Flash Memory
  • o Optical Disk
  • o Hard Drive
  • o SSD
  • o RAM

Question 46

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40) Choose the years of the first generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o 1958-1964
  • o 1964-1974
  • o 1974-present
  • o 1945-1964
  • o 1945-1958

Question 47

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41) Choose the years of the second generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o 1945-1958
  • o 1964-1974
  • o 1974-present
  • o 1945-1964
  • o 1958-1964

Question 48

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42) Choose two types of models for a computing machine
Answer
  • o Harvard architecture
  • o Von Neumann architecture
  • o Oxford architecture
  • o Stanford architecture

Question 49

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43) CPU Time \= I * CPI / R. Which parameter requires special profiling software?
Answer
  • o Cycles Per instruction
  • o Execution time
  • o Clock Rate
  • o Numbers of instructions

Question 50

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44) Floating point performance is expressed as
Answer
  • o CPI
  • o FLOPS
  • o MIPS
  • o MFLOPS

Question 51

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45) For random-access memory, the time it takes to perform a read or write operation is called
Answer
  • o Clock Rate
  • o CPI
  • o Access Time
  • o Latency

Question 52

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Four bits make octal digit
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 53

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47) Halting the flow of instructions until the required result is ready to be used is called
Answer
  • o waiting
  • o delaying
  • o halting
  • o stalling

Question 54

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48) How a binary digit is called?
Answer
  • o byte
  • o digit
  • o kilobyte
  • o bit

Question 55

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49) How a memory unit accessed by contents is called?
Answer
  • o Associative Memory
  • o Content Addressable Memory
  • o Auxiliary Memory
  • o Cache Memory
  • o Virtual Memory

Question 56

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50) How external nonvolatile memory is called?
Answer
  • o Secondary memory
  • o Main memory
  • o Cache memory
  • o Virtual memory

Question 57

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51) How many access methods are there?
Answer
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

Question 58

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52) how many elements of cache design are there?
Answer
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7

Question 59

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53) How many generations of computer architecture are there?
Answer
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7

Question 60

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54) How many number systems are there?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Question 61

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55) How many performance factors are there
Answer
  • 5
  • 6
  • 4
  • 3

Question 62

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56) How many physical characteristics of disk systems are there?
Answer
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7

Question 63

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57) How the stage in which the results of the operation are written to the destination register is called?
Answer
  • o Instruction Fetch
  • o Write Back
  • o Instruction Decode
  • o Execution
  • o Memory read/write

Question 64

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58) IBM System/360 Model 91 was introduced in 1966
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 65

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59) In 1976 Apple II computer model was released
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 66

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60) In execution stage identification of the operation is performed
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 67

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61) In LRU replacement algorithm, the block that is in the cache longest is replaced
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 68

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62) In virtual memory, memory can be used efficiently because a section of program always loaded
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 69

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63) In which cache memory mapping technique any block from main memory can be placed anywhere in the cache?
Answer
  • o Associative Mapping
  • o Set Associative Mapping
  • o Direct Mapping

Question 70

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64) In which cache memory mapping technique any memory block is mapped to exactly one block in the cache?
Answer
  • o Direct Mapping
  • o Set Associative Mapping
  • o Associative Mapping

Question 71

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65) In which cache memory mapping technique any memory block mapped to subset of cache locations?
Answer
  • o Set Associative Mapping
  • o Direct Mapping
  • o Associative Mapping

Question 72

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66) Into how many parts a program (or algorithm) which can be parallelized can be split up?
Answer
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Question 73

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67) Select cache optimizations to reduce miss penalty
Answer
  • o Multilevel Caches
  • o Giving Reads Priority over Writes
  • o Higher associativity
  • o Way Prediction

Question 74

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68) Select cache optimizations to increase the Cache Bandwidth
Answer
  • o Nonblocking Caches
  • o Multibanked Caches
  • o Pipelined Cache Access
  • o Small and Simple First-Level Caches
  • o Multilevel Caches

Question 75

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69) Octal and hexadecimal numbers are hard on use and conversion
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 76

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70) Physical address used by program, and which OS must translate into virtual address
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 77

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Pipelining can only be implemented on hardware
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 78

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Process of instruction execution is divided into two or more steps, called
Answer
  • o pipelining
  • o pipe stages
  • o pipe segments
  • o instruction execution
  • o pipeline hazard

Question 79

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73) ROM is the place in a computer where the operating system, application programs, and data in current use are kept.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 80

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74) Choose the features of first generation computer architecture
Answer
  • o Vacuum tubes
  • o Assembly language
  • o Magnetic core memory
  • o Semiconductor memory
  • o Machine code

Question 81

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75) How a memory unit accessed by contents is called?
Answer
  • o Associative Memory
  • o Content Addressable Memory
  • o Auxiliary Memory
  • o Cache Memory
  • o Virtual Memory

Question 82

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76) Choose the access methods
Answer
  • o Random Access
  • o Parallel Access
  • o Sequential Access
  • o Indirect Access
  • o Direct Access

Question 83

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77) Which type of memory accessed via the input/output channels?
Answer
  • o Auxiliary Memory
  • o Secondary Memoory
  • o Main Memory
  • o Cache Memory
  • o Virtual Memory

Question 84

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78) Which type of memory stores frequently used data?
Answer
  • o Cache Memory
  • o Auxiliary Memory
  • o Main Memory
  • o Virtual Memory
  • o Secondary Memory

Question 85

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79) Stage in which the instruction is fetched from memory and placed in the instruction register called
Answer
  • o Instruction Fetch
  • o Instruction Decode
  • o Memory read/write
  • o Execution
  • o Write Back

Question 86

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80) Which stage is responsible for storing and loading values to and from memory?
Answer
  • o Instruction Fetch
  • o Instruction Decode
  • o Execution
  • o Memory read/write
  • o Write Back

Question 87

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81) How the stage in which the results of the operation are written to the destination register is called?
Answer
  • o Instruction Fetch
  • o Instruction Decode
  • o Execution
  • o Memory read/write
  • o Write Back

Question 88

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82) Select cache optimizations to reduce hit time (both basic and advanced)
Answer
  • o Avoiding Address Translation during Cache Indexing
  • o Small and Simple First-Level Caches
  • o Way Prediction
  • o Compiler Optimizations
  • o Compiler-Controlled Prefetching

Question 89

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83) Select the correct interpretation(s) of Amdahl's Law
Answer
  • o is used to compare computers' performance
  • o is used calculate the execution time of a program
  • o is used to find the maximum expected improvement
  • o it means that it is the algorithm that decides the speedup not the number of processors

Question 90

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84) SSD is over 10 times faster than the spinning disks in HDD
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 91

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85) SSD stands for :
Answer
  • • Solid State Drive
  • • Saved State Drive
  • • Solid Slash Drive
  • • Soska State Drive

Question 92

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86) SSDs are more susceptible to physical shock and vibration
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 93

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87) SSDs are susceptible to mechanical wear :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 94

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88) Static RAM has a reduced power consumption, and a large storage capacity :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 95

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89) The "natural" unit of organization of memory is called block :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 96

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90) The advantage of virtual memory is that it takes less time to switch between applications because of additional memory :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 97

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91) The basic element of a semiconductor memory is the memory cell :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 98

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92) The execution time of a program clearly depends on the number of instructions :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 99

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he more clock rate of processor, the faster is processor :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 100

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94) The particular block is currently being stored is called tag :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 101

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95) The RAID scheme consists of 7 levels :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 102

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96) The rate at which data can be transferred into or out of a memory unit is called :
Answer
  • • Transfer Rate
  • • Speed Rate
  • • Popularity Rate

Question 103

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97) The time interval is called a clock rate
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 104

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98) There are three types of cache addresses :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 105

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99) There are two types of mapping functions :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 106

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100) Three bits make hexadecimal digit :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 107

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101) We can find needed block in associatively mapped cache by its block address :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 108

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102) What does CPI stand for:
Answer
  • • Cycles Per Instruction
  • • Circles Per Instruction
  • • Cycles Per Intersection
  • • Curcuits Per Instruction

Question 109

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103) What does LRU stand for? :
Answer
  • • Least Recently Used
  • • Least Rarely Used
  • • Least Recently Unified
  • • Less Recently Used

Question 110

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104) What does RAID stand for?:
Answer
  • • Redundant Array of Independent Disks
  • • Reduced Array of Independent Disks
  • • Redundant Array of Independent Dots
  • • Restructered Array of Independent Disks

Question 111

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105) What is included into performance characteristic of computer memory systems? :
Answer
  • Access time
  • Cycle Time
  • Transfer Rate
  • Speed rate

Question 112

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106) What is included into physical type characteristic of computer memory systems? :
Answer
  • • Semiconductor
  • • Magnetic
  • • Laser
  • • Tapes

Question 113

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107) What is time elapsed to program execution? :
Answer
  • • CPU Time + I/O waiting
  • • Other programs
  • • Cycle Time
  • • Access time

Question 114

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108) Which digits are used in octal number system? :
Answer
  • 0-7
  • 0-8
  • 1-8
  • 1-7

Question 115

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109) Which stage is responsible for storing and loading values to and from memory?
Answer
  • • Memory read/write
  • • Write back
  • • Memory update
  • • Memory allocation

Question 116

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110) Which type of memory accessed via the input/output channels :
Answer
  • • Auxiliary Memory
  • • Secondary Memory
  • • Virtual memory
  • • Cache memory

Question 117

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111) Which type of memory stores frequently used data :
Answer
  • • Cache Memory
  • • Virtual Memory
  • • Secondary Memory
  • • Axuilary Memory

Question 118

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112) Word is the "natural" unit of organization of memory :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 119

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113) Halting the flow of instructions until the required result is ready to be used is called :
Answer
  • • stalling
  • • hailing
  • • falling
  • • feeling

Question 120

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114) In virtual memory, memory can be used efficiently because a section of program always loaded :
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 121

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115) Choose the key characteristics of computer memory systems
Answer
  • Physical Type
  • Physical Characteristics
  • Access Method
  • Unit of Transfer
  • Performance
  • None of them
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