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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What are branch instructions?
💡 Hint: Think about conditional statements in programming.
Question 2
Easy
Define control hazard.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you cannot determine the flow of execution.
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 a control hazard?
- A type of delay caused by branches
- A performance optimization technique
- A program syntax error
💡 Hint: Think about situations where instruction flow is paused.
Question 2
True or False: Static branch prediction adapts based on prior outcomes.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider whether the prediction changes over time or stays fixed.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a simple algorithm that minimizes branch mispredictions using historical data. Outline how you would implement this in a hypothetical processor.
💡 Hint: What would help in recognizing trends in branch behavior?
Question 2
Evaluate the impact of increased pipeline depth on branch latency and overall processor performance. Consider how different hazard types contribute to this impact.
💡 Hint: What challenges arise from more complex pipelining?
Challenge and get performance evaluation