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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
Define structural hazards in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about resource availability.
Question 2
Easy
What is a RAW hazard?
💡 Hint: Consider the order of instructions.
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 occurs when a processor has insufficient resources for all active instructions in a pipeline?
- Data Hazard
- Structural Hazard
- Control Hazard
💡 Hint: Focus on resource availability.
Question 2
True or False: A RAW hazard occurs when an instruction reads data before the prior instruction writes it.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about the order of operations.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a multi-cycle execution example that illustrates the impact of all three hazard types (structural, RAW, WAR). Explain the timing and how these hazards can interrupt program execution.
💡 Hint: Think about a sequence of instructions and shared resource usage.
Question 2
Discuss how strategies like resource duplication and instruction scheduling could mitigate stalls. Provide a detailed strategy for improving pipeline efficiency.
💡 Hint: Consider how rearranging instructions could optimize current resource usage.
Challenge and get performance evaluation