CEA 201 - Unit 16(muti), Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Graded A+

CEA 201 - Unit 16(muti), Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Graded A+ D - -The superscalar approach can be used on __________ architecture. A. RISC B. CISC C. neither RISC nor CISC D. both RISC and CISC C - -The essence of the ________ approach is the ability to execute instructions independently and concurrently in different pipelines. A. scalar B. branch C. superscalar D. flow dependency D - -Which of the following is a fundamental limitation to parallelism with which the system must cope? A. procedural dependency B. resource conflicts C. antidependency D. all of the above A - -The situation where the second instruction needs data produced by the first instruction to execute is referred to as __________. A. true data dependency B. output dependency C. procedural dependency D. antidependency B - -The instructions following a branch have a _________ on the branch and cannot be executed until the branch is executed. A. resource dependency B. procedural dependency C. output dependency D. true data dependency A - -________ refers to the process of initiating instruction execution in the processor's functional units. A. Instruction issue B. In-order issue