Branch instructions may be taken or not taken. What is the relative frequency of taken to not taken, and why is this so?
What will be an ideal response?
At first sight is might appear that the probability of branches being taken or not taken is 50:50 because there are
two alternatives. However, this logic is entirely misleading because of the way in which branches are used. A
paper (albeit old) by Y. Wu and J.R. Larus (Static branch frequency and program profile analysis, MICRO?27 Nov
1994) suggests that loop branches have a probability of 88% of being taken.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Case WD 5-2Ron is preparing a price list to pass out to customers. He will use tab stops to help with the formatting.As Ron types in the numbers, he is having a hard time lining up the numbers. He decides he wants to use the ____ so that the text is all aligned with the decimal point.
A. Decimal tab stop B. Money tab stop C. Currency tab stop D. Bank tab stop
Critical Thinking QuestionsCase 4-1Bradley plans to generate reports from an Access database that a colleague of his built. As he works with the reports, he decides to familiarize himself with each of the views that is available to him. Which of the following will Bradley use if he is looking for the optimal view for changing the positioning of some of his report controls while also reviewing the live data? a.Report Viewc.Print Previewb.Layout Viewd.Design View
What will be an ideal response?
You cannot declare a class to befinal.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)