Practice Data Buffering (24.2.4) - External Devices and Their Types - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Data Buffering

Practice - Data Buffering

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is data buffering?

💡 Hint: Think about why we need to store data temporarily.

Question 2 Easy

Name the fastest type of memory in a computer system.

💡 Hint: Which memory is located inside the CPU?

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Question 1

What is the main purpose of data buffering?

To increase processing speed
To manage data transfer between devices
To reduce memory size

💡 Hint: Consider why temporary storage might be necessary in computing.

Question 2

True or False: The slower a device, the smaller the required buffer size.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between speed and buffer size.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Develop a strategy to optimize data buffering for a system with multiple slower I/O devices.

💡 Hint: Think about how you could balance the load among various devices.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the lack of error detection in I/O modules might affect data integrity in a transaction processing system.

💡 Hint: Consider the consequences of incorrect data in critical systems.

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