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WorksheetsQuiz 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Memory management on a multiprocessor must deal with all of found on
Uniprocessor Computer
Computer
Processor
System
In a multi-processor configuration two co-processors are connected to host 8086 processor. The instruction sets of the two co-processors
must be same
may overlap
must be disjoint
must be the same as that of host
The feature of multi-microprocessor architecture is
task dependent
single bus provider for many processors
design is for a specific task
all of the mentioned
The main objective in building the multimicroprocessor is
greater throughput
enhanced fault tolerance
greater throughput and enhanced fault tolerance
none of the mentioned
An interface between the user or an application program, and the system resources is
microprocessor
microcontroller
multimicroprocessor
operating system
Zero address instruction format is used for
RISC architecture
CISC architecture
Von-Neuman architecture
Stack-organized architecture
If no node having a copy of a cache block, this technique is known as
Uniform memory access
Cached
Un-cached
Commit
The straight-forward model used for the memory consistency, is called
Sequential consistency
Random consistency
Remote node
Host node
______ have been developed specifically for pipelined systems.
Optimizing compilers
Speed up utilities
None of the mentioned
Utility software
The pipelining process is also called as ______
Superscalar operation
Assembly line operation
Von Neumann cycle
None of the mentioned
The fetch and execution cycles are interleaved with the help of ________
Special unit
Modification in processor architecture
Control unit
Clock
Each stage in pipelining should be completed within ___________ cycle.
1
2
3
4
If a unit completes its task before the allotted time period, then _______
It’ll perform some other task in the remaining time
Its time gets reallocated to a different task
It’ll remain idle for the remaining time
None of the mentioned
To increase the speed of memory access in pipelining, we make use of _______
Special memory locations
Special purpose registers
Cache
Buffers
The periods of time when the unit is idle is called as _____
Stalls
Bubbles
Hazards
Both Stalls and Bubbles
Pipelining increases the CPU instruction
Size
Throughput
Cycle rate
Time
The sum of the contents of the base register and the sign-extended offset is used as a memory address, the sum is known as
ALU instructions
Through put
Effective address
Load and store instructions
The process of letting an instruction move from the instruction decode stage into the execution stage of this pipeline is usually called
Canceling
Instruction issue
Nullifying
Branch prediction
Situations that prevent the next instruction in the instruction stream, from executing during its designated clock cycle are known as
Pipe stage
Previous stage
Hazards
Processor cycle
Hazards in pipelines can make it necessary to
Stop the pipeline
Stall the pipeline
Pipeline interfering
Both a and b
