Practice - Cache Organization and Operation
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is cache memory?
💡 Hint: Think about what type of memory is faster than RAM.
Define hit ratio.
💡 Hint: What do we call it when data is found in the cache?
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the purpose of cache memory?
💡 Hint: Think about the interaction between the CPU and different memory types.
True or False: A higher miss ratio indicates better cache performance.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when the CPU has to fetch data from slower memory.
2 more questions available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Considering a system with a cache that has a size of 256 KB and a block size of 64 bytes, calculate the total number of blocks the cache can hold.
💡 Hint: Transform everything into the same unit before dividing.
If a system has a hit ratio of 0.85, what is the miss ratio, and how does it affect performance?
💡 Hint: Consider how to find proportionate values in relation.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.