CEA 201 Final Comprehensive Questions
true data dependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=4 The
situation where the second instruction needs data produced by the
first instruction to execute is referred to as __________.
a. true data dependency
b. output dependency
c. procedural dependency
d. antidependency
procedural dependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=5 The
instructions following a branch have a _________ on the branch and
cannot be executed until the branch is executed.
a. resource dependency
b. procedural dependency
c. output dependency
,d. true data dependency
instruction issue - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=6 ________ refers
to the process of initiating instruction execution in the processor's
functional units.
a. Instruction issue
b. In-order issue
c. Out-of-order issue
d. Procedural issue
antidependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=7 Instead of the first
instruction producing a value that the second instruction uses, with
___________ the second instruction destroys a value that the first
instruction uses.
a. in-order issue
b. resource conflict
,c. antidependency
d. out-of-order completion
state - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=8 ________ indicates whether
this micro-op is scheduled for execution, has been dispatched for
execution, or has completed execution and is ready for retirement.
a. State
b. Memory address
c. Micro-op
d. Alias register
instruction-level parallelism - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=9
__________ exists when instructions in a sequence are independent
and thus can be executed in parallel by overlapping.
a. Flow dependency
b. Instruction-level parallelism
, c. Machine parallelism
d. Instruction issue
machine parallelism - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=10 _________ is
determined by the number of instructions that can be fetched and
executed at the same time and by the speed and sophistication of the
mechanisms that the processor uses to find independent instructions.
a. Machine parallelism
b. Instruction-level parallelism
c. Output dependency
d. Procedural dependency
instruction issue policy - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=11 ________
is a protocol used to issue instructions.
a. Micro-ops
b. Scalar
true data dependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=4 The
situation where the second instruction needs data produced by the
first instruction to execute is referred to as __________.
a. true data dependency
b. output dependency
c. procedural dependency
d. antidependency
procedural dependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=5 The
instructions following a branch have a _________ on the branch and
cannot be executed until the branch is executed.
a. resource dependency
b. procedural dependency
c. output dependency
,d. true data dependency
instruction issue - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=6 ________ refers
to the process of initiating instruction execution in the processor's
functional units.
a. Instruction issue
b. In-order issue
c. Out-of-order issue
d. Procedural issue
antidependency - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=7 Instead of the first
instruction producing a value that the second instruction uses, with
___________ the second instruction destroys a value that the first
instruction uses.
a. in-order issue
b. resource conflict
,c. antidependency
d. out-of-order completion
state - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=8 ________ indicates whether
this micro-op is scheduled for execution, has been dispatched for
execution, or has completed execution and is ready for retirement.
a. State
b. Memory address
c. Micro-op
d. Alias register
instruction-level parallelism - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=9
__________ exists when instructions in a sequence are independent
and thus can be executed in parallel by overlapping.
a. Flow dependency
b. Instruction-level parallelism
, c. Machine parallelism
d. Instruction issue
machine parallelism - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=10 _________ is
determined by the number of instructions that can be fetched and
executed at the same time and by the speed and sophistication of the
mechanisms that the processor uses to find independent instructions.
a. Machine parallelism
b. Instruction-level parallelism
c. Output dependency
d. Procedural dependency
instruction issue policy - ✔️✔ Correct Answer QN=11 ________
is a protocol used to issue instructions.
a. Micro-ops
b. Scalar
