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Chpt5bQuiz:S16ComputerArchitec/OrganizationSections01Y

Chpt5bQuiz
Points 15

Due Jun5at11:59pm
TimeLimit 30Minutes

Questions 15

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Question1

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Theaddressspacetheprogrammerseesisthe?
virtualaddressspace
physicaladdressspace

Incorrect

Question2

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Theprincipaltaskofvirtualtophysicaladdressmappingisto
protectusersfromoneanother
makeitappearthatthereismorememory
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sharememorymoreeffectively

Question3

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Inavirtualmemorysystem,themainmemoryservesasacacheforthedisk.
Sectorsofthediskaremovedtomainmemoryinunitscalledpages.When
theuserwantsapagethatisnotinthemainmemory,itiscalleda

pagefault

Question4

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Diskstorageisimportantbecauseitisverylargeandnonvolatile.Whatdoes
nonvolatilemean?
doesn'tgetangryifitlosesdata
neverforgetsthedata

Question5

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Adiskisinherentlyslowbecauseitismainly
mechanical
nonvolatile
electronic
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Question6

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Thefundamentalproblemwithflashtechnologyisthatasyouuse(write)
them,thebits

wearout

Incorrect

Question7

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WhatkindofPhysicsisreliedupontomakeflashmemory?

EEPROM

Question8

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Remappingheavilywrittenflashmemorylocations(blocks)tootherblocks
thathavebeenlesstroddeniscalled

wearleveling

Question9

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LRUisthebenchmarkperformancemetricforreplacinglinesincachesor
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pagesinmainmemory.WhatdoesLRUstandfor?

leastrecentlyused

Question10

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Whichbitisusedtohelpwiththereplacementalgorithm?
dirty
reference
valid

Question11

1/1pts

ThecacheofpagetableentriesintheprocessoriscalledtheTLB
(TranslationLookasideBuffer).Whyisitnecessary?
preventcachethrashing
preventdoublememoryreference

Question12

1/1pts

Howmanylevelsofcachehierarchyareonchip(physicallycolocatedon
thesamesilicondie)inthelatestgenerationofserverprocessors?

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2
3
4

Question13

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Inamultiprocessor,cachecoherencyprotocolsarenecessarytosolvethe
problemcausedwhenaprocessordoesawhat?
load
add
store
branch

Incorrect

Question14

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Whatisthemostpopularcachecoherenceprotocolcalled?

mesi

Question15

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Thesnoopyprotocolworksmostlikewhichgovernmentagency?

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IRS
DEA
DMV
NSA

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