1. In instruction pipelining, the main goal is to: A. Increase latency B. Decrease throughput C. Increase instruction throughput D. Reduce instruction size 2. The performance of a pipelined processor depends primarily on: A. Clock frequency B. Number of ALUs C. Number of pipeline stages and hazards D. Size of cache memory 3. A pipeline
1. The ALU performs which of the following operations? a) Only logical operations b) Only arithmetic operations c) Both arithmetic and logical operations d) Memory management operations 2. In an ALU, the carry look-ahead adder improves performance by: a) Reducing gate delay b) Reducing carry propagation time c) Increasing number of adders d) Removing multiplexers
1. A machine instruction typically consists of an opcode and operands. Which part tells the CPU what operation to perform? A. Operand field B. Addressing mode C. Opcode D. Program counter 2. Which addressing mode uses an address specified directly in the instruction? A. Register indirect B. Immediate C. Direct D. Indexed 3. In the
