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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a cache hit?
💡 Hint: Think about speed.
Question 2
Easy
What does locality of reference mean?
💡 Hint: Consider where data is stored.
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 happens when a cache miss occurs?
- Data is found in cache
- Data must be retrieved from main memory
- Data is deleted from the cache
💡 Hint: Think about the retrieve process.
Question 2
True or False: Cache memory is the slowest form of memory in the hierarchy.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Recall the hierarchy structure.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given a cache memory with 8 lines, and main memory with 32 blocks. If you want to store block 15, which cache line would it map to? Sketch the mapping.
💡 Hint: Use the modulus operation for mapping.
Question 2
With a main memory comprising 1 million addresses and each cache line storing 4 addresses, design a direct mapping table showing how many lines must be created.
💡 Hint: Remember to divide total addresses by addresses per line.
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