CSCI 4717 -- Test 2 Study Guide

Okay, we've covered alot of material since Test 1, and much of it has been theorhetical in nature, e.g., how might the size of a cache affect the speed of a small application. There have also been a few topics that have been computational in nature such as how to create an error detection and correction scheme for an 8 bit number. Below you will find a list of the topics that will be covered on Test 2. Included for each topic is the assigned reading and other resources we used in class.

As with Test 1, I would look for the test to be about 60% to 70% short answer questions such as "For a specific block size, which cache uses the most bits in a tag?" (BTW, the answer is full associative.) The remaining portion of the test will be questions longer questions such as, "Explain the effects of a small page/frame size on the performance of a virtual memory system."

Below is a mapping of previous year's tests to questions that might look good for our Test 2.