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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is branch misprediction?
💡 Hint: Think about what can happen if the processor guesses a branch wrongly.
Question 2
Easy
What happens during a pipeline flush?
💡 Hint: Consider what occurs after a misprediction.
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 branch misprediction?
- It is correctly predicting a branch
- It is when a branch is not predicted at all
- It is incorrectly predicting the outcome of a branch
💡 Hint: Focus on what happens when the CPU makes a wrong guess.
Question 2
Flushing the pipeline is required during a misprediction?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about what happens after wrong instructions are fetched.
Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Consider a complex algorithm that frequently branches. Discuss how branch mispredictions may affect the overall execution time and efficiency.
💡 Hint: Analyze the relationship between frequency of branching and performance.
Question 2
Propose a new strategy for improving branch prediction and reducing misprediction penalties. Explain the underlying logic.
💡 Hint: Think about data analysis trends in branching behavior.
Challenge and get performance evaluation