CS 2810 Quiz 5

What is the decimal signed integer equivalent of the hexadecimal number BEAD?

-16,723

In the hexadecimal floating point number 47C69200, what is the value of it's bias?

16

Each bit in the computer typically has its own address. T/F?

False

Synchronous busses must use a handshaking protocol. T/F?

False

The purpose of the Control Unit is to:

Monitor and direct the flow of instructions and data

In the memory hierarchy, which of the following is fastest.

Registers

Which is faster SRAM or DRAM?

SRAM

If an architecture is byte addressable, and the instruction set architecture word size is larger than 1 byte we must address the issue of byte ________.

alignment

In associative memory, such as cache, information is accessed by its _________.

content

For caching to be effective, we are dependent upon the idea of

locality