Q1. What is the difference between coarse-grained and fine-grained?

ANSWER:
COARSE GRAINED Coarse grained soils are identified primarily on the basis
of particle size or grain size. Individual particles are visible by naked eye.

1. Coarse grained soils are divided into two groups, Sand & Gravel. Particles
having diameter larger than 4.75 mm is called Gravel and particles having
diameter in between 4.75 mm to 75 micron is called Sand.
2. Verbal description of coarse grained soil is done on the basis of its gradation
(well or poor), particle shape (angular, sub-angular, rounded or sub-rounded)
& mineralogical components.
3. Coarse grained soil exhibit a good load bearing capacity.
4. Coarse grained soil posse’s good drainage qualities.
5. There is no volume change with change in moisture condition.
6. There is no appreciable amount of change in strength characteristic by change
in moisture condition.
7. Vibration accentuates volume change in loose state, by arranging the soil
fabric.
8. Engineering properties are controlled by the grain size of the particles and
their structural arrangement.
9. When touched by hand it feels gritty.

FINE GRAINED
Fine grained soils are identified on the basis of its plasticity. Individual particles
are not visible by naked eye.

1. Fine grained soils are also divided in two groups, Silt & Clay. Particles having
diameter in between 75 micron to 2 micron are called Silt and particles
having diameter smaller than 2 micron is called Clay.
2. Verbal description of fine grained soil is done on the basis of its dry strength,
militancy, dispersion and plasticity.
3. Fine grained soil exhibit a poor load bearing capacity.
4. Fine grained soil is practically impermeable in nature because of its small
particles size.
5. Volume change occurs with change in moisture content.
6. Strength changes with change in moisture condition.
7. Fine grained soil is susceptible to frost action.
8. Engineering properties are controlled by mineralogical factors.
9. When touched by hand it feels smooth, greasy and sticky.

Q2. What is the difference between a cache miss and a cache hit?
Answer: A cache is data store that resides in memory which means the access
speed is very high. ... A cache miss is when an application needs data and doesn't
find it in the cache, so then it has to go and find the data on disc (a bad thing).
Q3. What are the advantages of L1 and L2 Cache?
Answer: L1 caches have more ports. A typical L1 cache will be able to handle
two reads and one write from the CPU every cycle, in pipelined fashion. In
addition, the L1 cache will have paths for victims leaving the cache and for new
data coming in from the L2. L2 caches will usually have one R/W port for the
CPU and one for the memory system to handle victims, fill, and snoops.