Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Instruction pipelining is a powerful technique for enhancing performance but requires careful design to achieve optimum results with reasonable complexity.
2. The cycle time of an instruction pipeline is the time needed to advance a set of instructions one stage through the pipeline.
3. A control hazard occurs when two or more instructions that are already in the pipeline need the same resource.
4. One of the major problems in designing an instruction pipeline is assuring a steady flow of instructions to the initial stages of the pipeline.
5. The predict-never-taken approach is the most popular of all the branch prediction methods.

1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T