Practice Pipeline Stages - 3.2 | 3. Pipelining | Computer Architecture
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the purpose of the Instruction Fetch stage?

💡 Hint: Think about where instructions come from.

Question 2

Easy

Name the last stage of the pipeline.

💡 Hint: What happens to the results of an instruction?

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the first stage of the pipeline?

  • Instruction Decode
  • Instruction Fetch
  • Write Back

💡 Hint: It's the initial step in the process.

Question 2

True or False: The Memory Access stage allows for executing instructions.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider what execution entails.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given a set of instructions, map them through the five stages of the pipeline and identify any potential stalls.

💡 Hint: Look for dependencies between the instructions.

Question 2

Analyze how changing the number of pipeline stages affects CPU performance and throughput.

💡 Hint: Consider both benefits and trade-offs.

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