CEA201 - Quiz 2

The __________ defines the third generation of computers.

• vacuum tube

• transistor

• integrated circuit

• led

A line includes a(n) _________ that identifies which particular block is currently being stored.

• address

• tag

• block

• index

When using the __________ technique all write operations made to main memory are made to the cache as well.

• write back

• write through

• unified cache

• write both

In reference to access time to a two-level memory, a _________ occurs if an accessed word is not found in the faster memory.

• hit

• miss

• tag

• set

What does RAM stand for?

• Readonly Access Memory

• Random Access Memory

• Readonly Available Memory

• Random Availabale Memory

One distinguishing characteristic of memory that is designated as _________ is that it is possible to both to read data from the memory and to write new data into the memory easily and rapidly.

• RAM

• ROM

• EPROM

• data

To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of _______

• Higher capacity RAM

• Cache

• SDRAM

• Heaps

What are the two main parts of the processor?

• Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit

• RAM & ROM

• RAM & Cache

• Control Unit & Cache

What connects the processor and memory?

• Buses

• NIC

• Cache

• Control Unit

The number successful accesses to memory stated as a fraction is called as ______

• Access rate

• Success rate

• Hit rate

• Miss rate