CS621 Midterm MCQs 2024 by Miss Mehwish

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In a distributed memory architecture, each processor has its own:

1. direct access memory
2. random access memory
3. global memory
4. local memory

Correct answer: local memory

_.- is a type of memory architecture that allows multiple processors or threads to access the same memory space:

1. Read only memory
2. Direct memory access
3. Shared memory
4. Random Access memory

Correct answer: Shared memory

What is the conventional architecture made up of?

1. Processor and data-path
2. Processor and memory system
3. Memory system and data-path
4. Processor, memory system, and data-path

Correct answer: Processor, memory system, and data-path

The process by which multiple machines can process the same function at the same time is known as:

1. Caching
2. Concurrency

One of the primary issues of concurrent programming is identifying a natural __________ for the software solution at hand:

1. MBS (Memory Breakdown Structure)
2. WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
3. WMS (Work Merge Structure)
4. MMS (Memory Merge Structure)

Correct answer: WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)

What is a GPU?

1. A central processing unit
2. A graphics processing unit
3. A general processing unit
4. A type of input device

Correct answer: A graphics processing unit

Parallel processors collectively have large and fast_________.

1. Instruction sets
2. cache
3. cooling system
4. clock speed

Correct answer: cache

In distributed computing, computers communicate with each other through:

1. direct memory access (DMA)
2. message passing
3. control unit

Correct answer: message passing

___ is the measure of a system's ability to increase or decrease in performance and cost in response to changes in application and system processing demands:

1. Multithreading
2. Caching

With multiple computers, _ is(are) implemented to ensure that a single failure doesn't equate to systems-wide failure:

1. redundancies
2. sparseness

Correct answer: redundancies