4. Digital Systems
Computer Architecture — Quiz
Test your understanding of computer architecture with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which addressing mode computes the effective address by adding a signed offset to the program counter?
Question 2
Which type of pipeline hazard occurs when two instructions compete for the same hardware resource simultaneously?
Question 3
In a processor with a cache hit time of 1 cycle, a miss rate of 5\\%, and a miss penalty of 100 cycles, what is the average memory access time (AMAT)?
Question 4
According to Amdahl’s Law, if a program spends 30\\% of its execution time on a component that is improved by a factor of 2, what is the maximum overall speedup achievable?
Question 5
What architectural feature distinguishes a Harvard architecture from a Von Neumann architecture?