Practice Addressing Memory (20.4.1) - Main Memory - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Practice - Addressing Memory

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does RAM stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about temporary storage in computers.

Question 2 Easy

Name one example of external memory.

💡 Hint: Consider where files are kept for later use.

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Question 1

What is the role of the address bus?

To send data to the CPU
To carry addresses from the CPU to memory
To store data

💡 Hint: Think about what kind of information is sent over this bus.

Question 2

True or False: ROM is a type of volatile memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to data in ROM without power.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a computer system with 32-bit addressing, how many unique memory addresses can the system access?

💡 Hint: Use the equation 2^n, where n is the number of bits.

Challenge 2 Hard

How would increasing the cache size benefit a CPU's performance?

💡 Hint: Think about how often the CPU needs to fetch data from slower memory.

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