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CSE 230 FINAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Which of the following types of memory are volatile? (Select all
that apply)
Magnetic Disk
DRAM
SRAM
Flash - correct answer -DRAM
SRAM
The instructions that make up a loop that iterates more than once
are kept in a cache. This is an example of what kind of locality?
Temporal Locality
Dimensional Locality
Web Locality
Spatial Locality - correct answer -Temporal Locality
In a multilevel cache system, the primary (level-1) cache focuses
on
Short hit time
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Low miss rate
Large block size
Short miss penalty - correct answer -Short hit time
What types of locality are used in memory design? Select all that
apply.
Temporal locality
Pipelined locality
Spatial locality
Web locality - correct answer -Temporal locality
Spatial locality
The pre-loading of instructions into a cache that follow the
instruction currently being executed is an example of what kind of
locality?
Web Locality
Dimensional Locality
Spatial Locality
Temporal Locality - correct answer -Spatial Locality
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A variable that has been accessed more than once is kept in
cache. This is an example of what kind of locality?
Dimensional Locality
Spatial Locality
Web Locality
Temporal Locality - correct answer -Temporal Locality
Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of
address accesses below, enter the number of misses.01220122 -
correct answer -3
Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of
address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.2413241088 - correct answer -4
Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.415151544 - correct answer -2
Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of misses.9912439
- correct answer -4
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Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.1510771510 - correct answer -3
Which of the following products are an example of the SISD
architecture?
Basic Graphics Processing Unit
Intel Xeon Processor
Intel Pentium Processor - correct answer -Intel Pentium
Processor
What is the name for an architecture that executes several
instructions, operating on different sets of data at a time?
MIMD
SISD
MISD
SIMD - correct answer -MIMD
What is the name for an architecture that executes one instruction
on one set of data at a time?
CSE 230 FINAL 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Which of the following types of memory are volatile? (Select all
that apply)
Magnetic Disk
DRAM
SRAM
Flash - correct answer -DRAM
SRAM
The instructions that make up a loop that iterates more than once
are kept in a cache. This is an example of what kind of locality?
Temporal Locality
Dimensional Locality
Web Locality
Spatial Locality - correct answer -Temporal Locality
In a multilevel cache system, the primary (level-1) cache focuses
on
Short hit time
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Low miss rate
Large block size
Short miss penalty - correct answer -Short hit time
What types of locality are used in memory design? Select all that
apply.
Temporal locality
Pipelined locality
Spatial locality
Web locality - correct answer -Temporal locality
Spatial locality
The pre-loading of instructions into a cache that follow the
instruction currently being executed is an example of what kind of
locality?
Web Locality
Dimensional Locality
Spatial Locality
Temporal Locality - correct answer -Spatial Locality
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A variable that has been accessed more than once is kept in
cache. This is an example of what kind of locality?
Dimensional Locality
Spatial Locality
Web Locality
Temporal Locality - correct answer -Temporal Locality
Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of
address accesses below, enter the number of misses.01220122 -
correct answer -3
Given an 8-word, direct mapped cache, and the sequence of
address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.2413241088 - correct answer -4
Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.415151544 - correct answer -2
Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of misses.9912439
- correct answer -4
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Given an 8-word, 4-way set associative cache, and the sequence
of address accesses below, enter the number of
misses.1510771510 - correct answer -3
Which of the following products are an example of the SISD
architecture?
Basic Graphics Processing Unit
Intel Xeon Processor
Intel Pentium Processor - correct answer -Intel Pentium
Processor
What is the name for an architecture that executes several
instructions, operating on different sets of data at a time?
MIMD
SISD
MISD
SIMD - correct answer -MIMD
What is the name for an architecture that executes one instruction
on one set of data at a time?
