Parallel and Distributed Computing Unit - 1 mcq

 Parallel and Distributed Computing Unit - 1 mcq

1. A parallel computing system consists of multiple processor that communicate with each other using a ___.
(A) Allocated memory
(B) Shared memory
(C) Network
(D) None of the above

Correct option is B

2. Statement: In parallel computing systems, as the number of processors increases, with enough parallelism available in applications.
(A) True
(B) False

Correct option is A

3. What is/are the factor(s) for the popularity of Distributed system?
(A) Reliability
(B) Scalability
(C) Data Sharing
(D) Resource Sharing
(E) All of the above

Correct option is E

4. Parallel computing can be used in ___
(A) Science and engineering
(B) Database and data mining
(C) Real time simulation of systems
(D) All of the above

Correct option is D

5. What are the current trends in microprocessor architecture?
(A) Increase in clock speed
(B) Pipelining
(C) Superscalar execution
(D) All of the above

Correct option is B

6. VLIW stand for
(A) Very Long Instruction processor
(B) Very Large Instruction processor
(C) Very Long Instruction processing
(D) Very Large Instruction processing

Correct option is A

7. Dichotomy of parallel computing platforms are based on
(A) Logical organization
(B) Physical organization
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Correct option is C

8. Critical components of parallel computing, logically:
(A) Control Structure: How to express parallel task
(B) Communication model: mechanism for specifying interaction
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Correct option is C

9. SIMD stand for
(A) Single Instruction, Multiple Data
(B) Simple Instruction, Multiple Data
(C) Single Instruction, Matrix Data
(D) Simple Instruction, Matrix Data

Correct option is A

10. MIMD stand for
(A) Multiple Instruction, Matrix Data
(B) Matrix Instruction, Matrix Data
(C) Matrix Instruction, Multiple Data
(D) Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data

Correct option is D

11. SIMD require less ____ than MIMD.
(A) Hardware
(B) Memory
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Correct option is C

12. SPMD executes
(A) Single program on different processor
(B) Multiple program on single processor
(C) Single program on single processor
(D) None of these

Correct option is A

13. Interconnection network classify as
(A) Static network
(B) Dynamic network
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Correct option is C

14. Static interconnection network topologies are
(A) 1 - D
(B) 2 - D
(C) HC
(D) All of these

Correct option is D

15. Static interconnection network topologies are
(A) Bus-based
(B) Switch Based
(C) Both A & B
(D) None of these

Correct option is D

16. What are the criteria used to characterize the cost and performance of Static ICN?
(A) Diameter
(B) Connectivity
(C) Bisection width and bandwidth
(D) Cost
(E) All of these

Correct option is E

17. What are principal that determine the communication latency between two nodes ?
(A) Startup time
(B) Per-hop time
(C) Per-word transfer time
(D) All of these

Correct option is D

18. Routing techniques used in parallel computers.
(A) Store-and-forward routing
(B) Packet routing
(C) Cut-through routing
(D) All of these

Correct option is D

19. What are routing mechanisms for interconnection networks?
(A) Minimal
(B) Non-minimal
(C) Deterministic
(D) Adaptive
(E) All of these

Correct option is E

20. GPU stand for
(A) Graphics Processing Unit
(B) Graphical Processing Unit
(C) Graphics Processed Unit
(D) Graphical Processed Unit

Correct option is A