Quiz 16.5

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully. Then click on the dot next to the answer that most closely fits the question. Try to answer all questions on this quiz and when you are done, click on the grade me button at the bottom.


Coverage: Section 18.7

  1. Which wire in an asynchronous bus is used to tell the responder that it can start working?
MSYN
SSYN
MA
bus busy

  1. When the transaction is almost over, which signal goes high?
MSYN
SSYN
MA
bus busy

  1. Asynchronous buses use _____________________ to decide which signal gets changed next.
a clock
a special type of arbiter
cause and effect

  1. Which type of bus tends to be faster?
synchronous
asynchronous
neither

  1. Which of the following is a a valid READ operation on an asynchronous bus?
GIFs/asynch1.gif
GIFs/asynch2.gif
GIFs/asynch3.gif