High Performance Computing (HPC) MCQ's




Question 61 :
MPI_send used for

  1. collect message
  2. transfer message
  3. send message
  4. receive message
  

Question 62 :
The average number of steps taken to execute the set of instructions can be made to be less than one by following _______ .

  1. Sequentional
  2. super-scaling
  3. pipe-lining
  4. ISA
  

Question 63 :
UMA architecture uses _______in design

  1. cache
  2. shared memory
  3. message passing
  4. distributed memory
  

Question 64 :
Processing of multiple tasks simultaneously on multiple processors is called

  1. Parallel processong
  2. Distributed processing
  3. Uni- processing
  4. Multi-processing
  

Question 65 :
The cost of a parallel processing is primarily determined by

  1. switching complexity
  2. circuit complexity
  3. Time Complexity
  4. space complexity
  

Question 66 :
types of HPC application

  1. Mass Media
  2. Business
  3. Management
  4. Science
  

Question 67 :
Multiple application independently running are typically called

  1. Multiprograming
  2. multiithreading
  3. Multitasking
  4. Synchronization
  

Question 68 :
Virtualization that creates one single address space architecture that of, is called

  1. Loosely coupled
  2. Space based
  3. Tightly coupled
  4. peer-to-peer
  

Question 69 :
characteristic of CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer)

  1. Variable format instruction
  2. Fixed format instructions
  3. Instruction are executed by hardware
  4. unsign long char
  

Question 70 :
simple application of exploratory decomposition is_

  1. The solution to a 15 puzzle
  2.  The solution to 20 puzzle
  3.  The solution to any puzzle
  4. None of Above
  

Question 71 :
Speedup can be as low as____

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 0
  4. 3
  

Question 72 :
  The fraction of data references satisfied by the cache is called_

  1. Cache hit ratio
  2. Cache fit ratio
  3. Cache best ratio
  4. none of above
  

Question 73 :
Zero address instruction format is used for

  1. RISC architecture
  2. CISC architecture
  3. Von-Neuman architecture
  4. Stack-organized architecture
  

Question 74 :
This algorithm is a called greedy because

  1. the greedy algorithm never considers the same solution again
  2. the greedy algorithm always give same solution again
  3. the greedy algorithm never considers the optimal solution
  4. the greedy algorithm never considers whole program
  

Question 75 :
Parallel Algorithm Models

  1. Data parallel model
  2. Bit model
  3. Data model
  4. network model
  

Question 76 :
A multiprocessor machine which is capable of executing multiple instructions on multiple data sets

  1. SISD
  2. SIMD
  3. MIMD
  4. MISD
  

Question 77 :
This is computation not performed by the serial version

  1. Excess Computation
  2. serial computation
  3. Parallel Computing
  4. cluster computation
  

Question 78 :
  The primary forms of data exchange between parallel tasks are_

  1. Accessing a shared data space
  2. Exchanging messages.
  3. Both A - B
  4. None of Above
  

Question 79 :
MPI_Init

  1. Close MPI environment
  2. Initialize MPI environment
  3. start programing
  4. Call processes
  

Question 80 :
Memory management on a multiprocessor must deal with all of found on

  1. Uniprocessor Computer
  2. Computer
  3. Processor
  4. System
  

Question 81 :
Partitioning refer to decomposing of the computational activity as

  1. Small Task
  2. Large Task
  3. Full program
  4. group of program
  

Question 82 :
  Memory system performance is largely captured by_

  1. Latency
  2. Bandwidth
  3. Both a and b
  4. none of above
  

Question 83 :
An interface between the user or an application program, and the system resources are

  1. microprocessor
  2. microcontroller
  3. multi-microprocessor
  4. operating system
  

Question 84 :
In All-to-All Broadcast each processor is the source as well as destination.

  1. TRUE
  2.  False
  

Question 85 :
A _________ computation performs one multiply-add on a single pair of vector elements

  1. dot product
  2. cross product
  3. multiply
  4. add
  

Question 86 :
The disadvantage of using a parallel mode of communication is ______

  1. Leads to erroneous data transfer
  2. It is costly
  3. Security of data
  4. complexity of network
  

Question 87 :
In MPI programing MPI_Reduce is the instruction for

  1. Full operation
  2. Limited operation
  3. reduction operation
  4. selected operation
  

Question 88 :
Speculative Decomposition consist of _

  1. conservative approaches
  2.  optimistic approaches
  3. Both A - B
  4. Only B
  

Question 89 :
Parallel processing may occur

  1. In the data stream
  2. In instruction stream
  3. In network
  4. In transferring
  

Question 90 :
what is WAR

  1. Write before read
  2. write after write
  3. write after read
  4. write with read
  
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