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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 what happens when data retrieval is fast.
Question 2
Easy
What does locality of reference refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider instances where you repeat tasks in programming.
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 occurs when a requested data word is not found in cache?
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about the consequences of a failed search.
Question 2
A cache miss results in increased performance because data comes quickly from main memory.
- True
- False
- Depends on the memory type
💡 Hint: Recall what we discussed about hits and misses.
Solve 3 more questions and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given an address with an 8-bit main memory, how many cache lines are required for a direct-mapped cache with 16 lines?
💡 Hint: Use the direct mapping logic to determine which parts of the address get used.
Question 2
How would performance change if we had more cache lines but kept the same block sizes?
💡 Hint: Think about how data retrieval improves with more available space.
Challenge and get performance evaluation