Top 150+ Solved Parallel Computing MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Pipelining strategy is called implement
a. instruction execution
b. instruction prefetch
c. instruction decoding
d. instruction manipulation
Q. The concept of pipelining is most effective in improving performance if the tasks being performed in different stages :
a. require different amount of time
b. require about the same amount of time
c. require different amount of time with time difference between any two tasks being same
d. require different amount with time difference between any two tasks being different
Q. Which Algorithm is better choice for pipelining?
a. small algorithm
b. hash algorithm
c. merge-sort algorithm
d. quick-sort algorithm
Q. The expression 'delayed load' is used in context of
a. processor-printer communication
b. memory-monitor communication
c. pipelining
d. none of the above
Q. Parallel processing may occur
a. in the instruction stream
b. in the data stream
c. both[a] and [b]
d. none of the above
Q. The cost of a parallel processing is primarily determined by :
a. time complexity
b. switching complexity
c. circuit complexity
d. none of the above
Q. Characteristic of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) instruction set is
a. three instructions per cycle
b. two instructions per cycle
c. one instruction per cycle
d. none of the
Q. In daisy-chaining priority method, all the devices that can request an interrupt are connected in
a. parallel
b. serial
c. random
d. none of the above
Q. Which one of the following is a characteristic of CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)
a. fixed format instructions
b. variable format instructions
c. instructions are executed by hardware
d. none of the above
Q. During the execution of the instructions, a copy of the instructions is placed in the ______ .
a. register
b. ram
c. system heap
d. cache
Q. Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster ?
a. a
b. b
c. both take the same time
d. insuffient information
Q. A processor performing fetch or decoding of different instruction during the execution of another instruction is called ______ .
a. super-scaling
b. pipe-lining
c. parallel computation
d. none of these
Q. For a given FINITE number of instructions to be executed, which architecture of the processor provides for a faster execution ?
a. isa
b. ansa
c. super-scalar
d. all of the above
Q. The clock rate of the processor can be improved by,
a. improving the ic technology of the logic circuits
b. reducing the amount of processing done in one step
c. by using overclocking method
d. all of the above