C952 Computer Architecture - Set 4 - Part 1

Test your knowledge of technical writing concepts with these practice questions. Each question includes detailed explanations to help you understand the correct answers.

Question 1: What is the role of a "page table" in virtual memory?

Caches recent memory accesses

Maps virtual addresses to physical addresses

Stores data from CPU registers

Manages hardware interrupts

Question 2: Which operation in floating-point arithmetic can lead to an underflow error?

Multiplying two large numbers

Dividing a small number by a large number

Adding two negative numbers

Subtracting two large numbers

Question 3: What type of storage device typically consists of rotating magnetic disks?

SRAM

DRAM

Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

Flash memory

Question 4: In Java, which access modifier restricts method access to classes within the same package?

Public

Private

Protected

Static

Question 5: Which memory component stores frequently accessed instructions or data close to the CPU to speed up processing?

Main memory

Hard drive

Cache memory

Virtual memory

Question 6: What purpose does the "program counter" (PC) serve in a computer system?

Executes data fetching

Tracks the next instruction address

Controls I/O devices

Manages the CPU clock

Question 7: What memory structure allows a computer to run larger programs than its physical memory capacity?

DRAM

Virtual memory

Cache memory

Flash memory

Question 8: What is the primary purpose of the stack pointer in assembly language programming?

Holds temporary data

Points to the next instruction

Marks the top of the stack

Tracks program memory usage

Question 9: Which addressing mode involves using a direct value within the instruction to specify data?

Immediate addressing

Indirect addressing

PC-relative addressing

Question 10: In RAID storage, what does "mirroring" refer to?

Storing data across separate blocks

Duplicating data on multiple disks

Stripping data across disks

Adding error detection codes

Question 11: Which term describes the maximum transfer rate between two parts of a multiprocessor system?

Throughput

Bisection bandwidth

Cache miss rate

Network speed

Question 12: What does a "clock cycle" represent in CPU operations?

An execution stage in a pipeline

The time taken for one tick of the CPU clock

A memory fetch operation

A data transfer cycle

Question 13: Which cache design allows for any memory block to be stored in any cache location?

Fully associative cache

Direct-mapped cache

Set-associative cache

Split cache

Question 14: What type of data structure is typically used for managing last-in, first-out (LIFO) data access?

Queue

Linked list

Stack

Question 15: What is the purpose of a Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) in memory management?

Handles I/O requests

Accelerates virtual address translation

Allocates data in main memory

Controls page faults

Question 16: Which technique in assembly language uses repeated copies of loop bodies to improve performance?

Branch prediction

Loop unrolling

Cache coherence

Pipelining

Question 17: What does "speculation" involve in CPU instruction processing?

Prefetching data in cache

Predicting an instruction's outcome to reduce dependency

Reducing branch instruction counts

Increasing ALU operations

Question 18: What does the "issue packet" contain in a multiple-issue CPU design?

Cache access times

The set of instructions launched in one clock cycle

List of available registers

Current TLB entries

Question 19: What is a "control hazard" in pipeline architecture?

Lack of available cache memory

Incorrect data loading

Delay due to branch instructions

Concurrent access conflicts

Question 20: Which register tracks the address of the instruction currently being executed?

Stack pointer

Program counter

Accumulator

Index register

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