Practice - Memory System Organization
Practice Questions
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What are registers and why are they important?
💡 Hint: Consider their relation to the speed of the CPU.
Define cache memory.
💡 Hint: Think about its role in speeding up data access.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the fastest type of memory in a computer system?
💡 Hint: Think about the memory location closest to the CPU.
True or False: Secondary storage is faster than main memory.
💡 Hint: Recall the definitions and speed comparisons.
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Challenge Problems
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A computer has 16 GB of RAM and uses a virtual memory technique, allowing for 64 GB of addressable space. If a program tries to access data that isn’t loaded into RAM, explain the role of the MMU and what happens during a page fault.
💡 Hint: Consider the sequence involved in loading the data.
You are tasked with optimizing a system that constantly pages in and out data from an HDD to RAM, causing performance lags. Propose a solution to mitigate thrashing.
💡 Hint: Think about resource allocation and efficient management strategies.
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