Buffering and other Data Structures

This set of MCQs helps students to learn about buffering and other data Structures, often described or implemented in the form of burst buffer that provides distributed buffering service. A buffer often adjusts timing by implementing a queue (or FIFO) algorithm in memory, simultaneously writing data into the queue at one rate and reading it at another rate.

Start Quiz

Which of these is an area for temporary memory storage?

Buffer

Register

Table

Flag

Which of the following can be used as a collection point of data?

Register

Buffer

Flag register

Accumulator

Which device can compensate for the timing problems between the software?

Index

Register

Buffer

Memory

What do a buffer consist of?

Memory and register

Memory and peripheral

Memory and flag register

Memory and pointer

Which of the following is a condition for buffer overrun?

Cannot accept data

Cannot receive data

Cannot provide data

Can provide data

What is the state of the buffer if it asked for data and cannot provide it?

Overrun

Underrun

Remains unchanged

Beyond overrun

Which of the following can remove data from the buffer?

Memory

Ram

Pointer

Slack

What occurs first if data is stored in the buffer?

Speed increases

Linear shoot

Overshoot

Delay

Which of the following defines the earliest information that is passed through the buffer?

Buffer latency

Memory

Pointer

Peripheral

Which of the buffers has a single piece of linear contiguous memory?

Circular buffer

Linear buffer

Directional buffer

Double buffer

Which buffer will lose data when it is full?

Linear buffer

Circular buffer

Directional buffer

Double buffer

Which state of the linear buffer will provide old data, when it is empty?

Overrun

Critical timing

Peak overshoot

Underrun

Which state of the linear buffer loses its incoming data when full?

Underrun

Overrun

Critical time

Pointer

Which technique can solve the errors in the linear buffer?

Low water mark

High water mark

Low and high water mark

Pointer

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Buffering and other Data Structures
Questions: 14
Contributed by:
Steve