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1. 1 - Pick Answer  Data hazards can be resolved using: 

   1. B) Operand forwarding

   2. D) Cache prefetching

   3. C) Instruction reordering

   4. A) Branch prediction

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3. 3 - Pick Answer Control hazards are primarily caused by: 

   1. C) Branch and jump instructions

   2. D) Register file limitations

   3. B) Arithmetic overflows

   4. A) Memory access conflicts

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5. 5 - Pick Answer   How is pipelining typically implemented in a processor?

   1. D) By increasing the instruction width

   2. C) By executing instructions sequentially without overlap

   3. B) By dividing instruction execution into multiple stages with latches between them

   4. A) By using a single large execution unit

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7. 7 - Pick Answer In pipeline implementation, what is the role of pipeline registers?

   1. D) To handle excepD) To handD) To handle exceptionsle exceptionstions

   2. C) To manage branch pC) To manage branch predictionsredictions

   3. B) To hold intermediate data between stages

   4. A) To store final results

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9. 9 - Pick Answer What makes pipelining hard to implement in terms of handling exceptions?

   1. D) Exceptions are not supported in pipelined processors

   2. C) Exceptions must be precise, meaning the state must be recoverable

   3. B) Exceptions require immediate pipeline flushing

   4. A) Exceptions can occur out-of-order in a pipeline

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