Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Instruction Set

Answer 1

The vocabulary of commands understood by a given architecture

Question 2

Word

Answer 2

a units of measure containing 4 bytes or 32 bits

Question 3

A command that moves data between memory and registers

Answer 3

data transfer instructions

Question 4

List 2 Data Transfer Instructions in MIPS

Answer 4

lw (load word)/ sw (store word)

Question 5

Least Significant Digit

Answer 5

The rightmost bit in a MIPS word(0th bit)

Question 6

Most Significant Digit

Answer 6

The left most bit in a MIPS word (31th)

Question 7

denotes the operation and format of an instruction

Answer 7

opcode

Question 8

Name the Logical Operations in MIPS

Answer 8

AND, OR, NOT, NOR

Question 9

the register containing the address of the instruction in the program being executed

Answer 9

Program Counter

Question 10

A data structure for spilling registers organized as a last in first out queue

Answer 10

Stack

Question 11

Stack Pointer

Answer 11

a value denoting the most recently allocated address in a stack

Question 12

The push operation _____ an element to a stack

Answer 12

adds

Question 13

The pop operation _____ an element from a stack

Answer 13

removes

Question 14

Response Time =

Answer 14

The upper domain of the number of tasks divided by the number of processors times the response time per task.

Question 15

Throughput =

Answer 15

Number of tasks/time

Question 16

CPU Time =

Answer 16

instructions times cycles per instruction divided by clock rate

Question 17

Clock Rate =

Answer 17

1 divided by clock period