Practice - Problems with Polling
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Practice Questions
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What is polling?
💡 Hint: Think about how the CPU communicates with devices.
Name one disadvantage of polling.
💡 Hint: Consider what else the CPU might want to do.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary issue with polling?
💡 Hint: Think about what polling does to the CPU's time.
True or False: Memory-mapped I/O allows for separate address spaces.
💡 Hint: Remember how the addressing schemes differ.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how the CPU's inefficiency during polling can affect overall system performance.
💡 Hint: Consider performance impact on multitasking.
Design a scenario where isolated I/O would be more beneficial than memory-mapped I/O.
💡 Hint: Think about systems with multiple devices connected at once.
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