Practice - Interrupts and Processor Management
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Practice Questions
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What is an interrupt?
💡 Hint: Think of devices communicating with the CPU.
What does an ISR do?
💡 Hint: Connect the ISR with interrupts.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the role of an interrupt in CPU processing?
💡 Hint: Think about the communication between devices and the CPU.
True or False: A CPU can process multiple interrupts at the same time.
💡 Hint: Consider how priority impacts processing.
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Challenge Problems
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How would the absence of a properly configured interrupt controller affect a system with multiple devices? Outline the advantages brought by the use of such a controller.
💡 Hint: Consider comparing systems with and without this controller.
Design a fault-tolerant interrupt management system that can handle overflow situations when too many interrupts occur simultaneously.
💡 Hint: Think about using queues and scheduling algorithms.
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