Power gating technique turns off: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Power gating technique turns off:
A. Unused circuit blocks to save leakage power
B. All cores simultaneously
C. ALU permanently
D. Cache only
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
It improves energy efficiency.

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Practice More CPU (Central Processing Unit) Questions

Question #1
The Memory Buffer Register (MBR) holds:
A. Next program address
B. Address only
C. Data being transferred to or from memory
D. Control signals

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
It acts as a buffer for data movement between CPU and memory.

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Question #2
The write-through cache policy:
A. Updates both cache and memory simultaneously
B. Reads data
C. Never updates memory
D. Updates cache only

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Ensures consistency but may increase traffic.

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Question #3
The store queue handles:
A. Fetches
B. Decodes
C. Pending memory writes
D. ALU results

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
For memory ordering.

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