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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What are the stages of pipelining?
💡 Hint: Think about the order of execution for an instruction.
Question 2
Easy
What is the main advantage of pipelining?
💡 Hint: What happens to multiple instructions in a pipeline?
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What is the purpose of pipelining?
- To increase the latency of instructions
- To enhance instruction throughput
- To simplify processor design
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to the speed of instruction processing.
Question 2
True or False: Pipelining can reduce the time taken for each instruction.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about what is being improved with pipelining.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
A CPU has a 5-stage pipeline. If it takes 8 cycles to execute an instruction, how many cycles would it take to execute 5 instructions using pipelining assuming no hazards?
💡 Hint: Think about how stages overlap.
Question 2
Explain how pipeline hazards might affect the execution of instructions and suggest two techniques to mitigate them.
💡 Hint: Think about methods processors use to handle dependencies.
Challenge and get performance evaluation