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Exam Simulation

4 practice exams · 7 questions each · 70 minutes

Practice under real exam conditions. Write your solutions on paper just like the real exam, then grade yourself using the provided rubric and solution guide.

Sample Midterm
70 min

Sample Midterm 1

Practice exam covering Weeks 1-6: ISA & instruction encoding, pipeline scheduling, forwarding & stalls, branch prediction, out-of-order execution (Tomasulo), cache hit/miss tracing, and cache design calculations.

Q1: ISA & Instruction EncodingQ2: Pipeline SchedulingQ3: Pipeline Forwarding & StallsQ4: Branch PredictionQ5: Out-of-Order Execution (Tomasulo)Q6: Cache Hit/Miss AnalysisQ7: Cache Design
Midterm 1
70 min

Midterm 1

First midterm exam covering Weeks 1-6: ISA addressing modes, pipeline CPI calculations, data hazard forwarding paths, branch prediction with BTB, register renaming, cache miss rate analysis, and set-associative cache with LRU.

Q1: ISA Addressing ModesQ2: Pipeline Performance & CPIQ3: Data Hazards & Forwarding PathsQ4: Branch Prediction with BTBQ5: Register Renaming & Instruction WindowQ6: Cache Miss Rate for LoopQ7: Set-Associative Cache with LRU
Sample Midterm
70 min

Sample Midterm 2

Practice exam covering Weeks 7 and 9-12: SRAM vs DRAM technology, virtual memory page table walks, TLB analysis, I/O interrupts and DMA, HDD vs SSD performance, PCI/USB bus bandwidth, and cache coherence with the MESI protocol.

Q1: SRAM vs DRAM TechnologyQ2: Virtual Memory Page Table WalkQ3: TLB Hit/Miss AnalysisQ4: I/O Interrupts & DMAQ5: HDD vs SSD PerformanceQ6: PCI/USB Bus BandwidthQ7: Cache Coherence (MESI Protocol)
Midterm 2
70 min

Midterm 2

Second midterm exam covering Weeks 7 and 9-12: DRAM refresh timing and banking, multi-level page table design, TLB coverage and EMAT, DMA vs polling comparison, RAID configurations, bus arbitration protocols, and SIMD with Flynn's taxonomy.

Q1: DRAM Refresh & BankingQ2: Multi-Level Page TableQ3: TLB Coverage & Effective Memory Access TimeQ4: DMA vs Polling ComparisonQ5: RAID Performance & ReliabilityQ6: Bus Arbitration ProtocolsQ7: SIMD & Flynn's Taxonomy

How It Works

  • - Each exam has 7 questions worth 10 points each (70 total)
  • - Questions are open-ended: calculations, diagrams, analysis
  • - Write your answers on paper or in the text field, just like the real exam
  • - When done, submit and grade yourself using the rubric for each question
  • - The solution guide shows the expected approach and key steps
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