IT$105$ IT Architecture Fundamentals Homework Assignment #$5$

$($Chapters $7$ and $8)$ Directions Read each question and respond

carefully.

Once answered, follow the directions in Blackboard to submit your answers. Each

question is worth $10$ points.

$1.$ Is flash memory suitable for use as main memory? Explain your answer

$2.$ Summarize how separating the fetch$-$execution cycle into different fetch

and execution units improves performance.

$3.$ How does the cache controller know when to use cache or go to main

memory?

$4.$ Explain what happens in each phase of the Instruction Cycle.

$5.$ Describe Static and Dynamic Memory.

$6.$ Name and briefly describe the Special$-$Purpose Registers

$7.$ What is function of the Computer Clock and what happens in a computer

Clock Cycle?

$8.$ Describe L$1$ and L$2$ Cache and how each of them is used by the computer.

$9.$ Describe Primary Memory and Secondary Storage and give an example for

each of them.

$10.$ What is a Memory Controller? Where is it normally located? What types of

operations does it manage?