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Unit 11 - Week
10 - Principles of Pipelining

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Assignment 10
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Week 1 - 1) How many latches are required in an n-stage pipelined processor. 1 point
Introduction &
Language of Bits n

Week 2 - n-1
Assembly
2n
Language
n/2
Week 3 -
Assembly No, the answer is incorrect.
Language Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 4 - ARM &
n-1
x86 Assembly
Language 2) When multiple instructions are processed simultaneously during the execution of a 1 point
program, this is called
Week 5 - x86
Assembly
Multitasking
Language
Multiprogramming
Week 6 - A
Primer on Digital Hardwired control
Logic
Pipelining

Week 7 - No, the answer is incorrect.


Computer Score: 0
Arithmetic
Accepted Answers:
Week 8 - Pipelining
Computer
3) An instruction pipeline can be implemented using a: 1 point
Arithmetic

Week 9 - LIFO buffer


Processor
FIFO buffer
Design
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Week of
A project 10 - In association with
Principles of None of the above
Pipelining
No, the answer is incorrect.
Principles of Score: 0
Funded by
Pipelining Part-I Accepted Answers:

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Principles of FIFO buffer Powered by


Pipelining
Part-II 4) Which of the following is not a pipeline stage? 1 point

Quiz : Operand fetch


Assignment 10
Execute
Week 11 -
Principles of Pipeline flush
Pipelining
Memory Access

Week 12 - The No, the answer is incorrect.


Memory Score: 0
Systems
Accepted Answers:
TRANSCRIPTS Pipeline flush

5) The following code snippet wil have which hazard? 1 point

add r1, r2, r3


sub r3, r1, r4

RAW hazard

WAW hazard

WAR hazard

NO hazard

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
RAW hazard

6) The notion of stopping a pipeline stage from accepting and processing new data is called 1 point

Pipeline pre-processing

Pipeline flush

Pipeline interlock

None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Pipeline interlock

7) Pipelining increases CPU instruction ___________ 1 point

Size

Throughput

Cycle rate

Complexity

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Throughput

8) Forwarding allows us to avoid costly pipeline interlocks. True or False? 1 point

True

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False

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
True

9) A branch instruction is known as a _________ if the processor assumes that all the 1 point
succceeding instructions that are fetched before its outcome has been determined, are on the correct
path.

Taken branch

Frozen branch

Delayed branch

None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Delayed branch

10)If some combination of instructions cannot be accommodated because of resource 1 point


conflicts, the processor is said to have a

Data hazard

Structural hazard

Pipeline hazard

Stall

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Structural hazard

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