- This will be a closed book exam.
- You may use a calculator, but you need to show the steps in solving the
problems, not just write down the answer.
- You may not use a calculator (such as a cell phone) that can access a network.
You are responsible for understanding all of assignments and material
from the textbook.
The exam will cover all of the material in the course.
Many of the problems on the exam will be similar to
recitation problems
and the
daily questions.
Also, it would be a good idea to review the midterm exams. Copies of the
exams and solution can be found in the links below:
The parts of the book we covered are Chapters 1 and 3, and appendices B and C.
You can find a list of the topics at the following links:
You should make sure you understand how to fill in a
full Tomasulo coding.
The exam will not cover speculative execution (Section 3.6).
But you should know about precise and imprecise exceptions (Appendix C, Section 4).
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