4. Systems Architecture

I O Systems — Quiz

Test your understanding of i o systems with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following components acts as an interface between a peripheral device and the CPU?

Question 2

What is the primary benefit of using interrupt-driven I/O over polling for managing input/output operations?

Question 3

Which of the following scenarios would most likely lead to a system becoming I/O bound?

Question 4

When an interrupt occurs, what is the first action the CPU typically takes after saving its current state?

Question 5

What is a potential drawback of using polling for I/O management in a system with many slow peripheral devices?
I O Systems Quiz — A-Level Computer Science | A-Warded