CSE 230 Final Exam Review (Ch. 10) Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)

CSE 230 Final Exam Review (Ch. 10) Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)

Question 1: Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of address accesses below, enter
the number of misses. 2 23 24 2 2 2

Answer: 3

Question 2: Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence of address accesses below,
enter the number of misses. 16 11 21 21 17 21

Answer: 4

Question 3: Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of address accesses below, enter
the number of misses. 1 1 1 14 19 14

Answer: 3

Question 4: Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of address accesses below, enter
the number of misses. 11 1 1 1 19

Answer: 3

Question 5: Given an 8-word, 2-way set associative cache, and the sequence of address accesses below,
enter the number of misses. 20 3 20 24 3 24

Answer: 3

Question 6: The pre-loading of instructions into a cache that follow the instruction currently being
executed is an example of what kind of locality? Dimensional Locality Temporal Locality Web Locality
Spatial Locality

Answer: Spatial Locality

Question 7: In a multilevel cache system, the primary (level-1) cache focuses on Short hit time Low miss
rate Short miss penalty Large block size

Answer: Short hit time

Question 8: A level 2 cache is focused on supporting what kind of locality? Temporal Locality
Dimensional Locality Web Locality Spatial Locality

Answer: Spatial Locality




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