Parallel and Distributed Computing MCQs
Interprocessor communication in parallel systems takes place via
- A. Centralized memory
- B. Shared memory
- C. Message passing
- D. Both A and B
Data centers and centralized computing encompass which classes of computers?
- A. Microcomputers
- B. Minicomputers
- C. Mainframe computers
- D. Supercomputers
- E. All of these
A primary goal of the High-Throughput Computing (HTC) paradigm is
- A. High ratio Identification
- B. Low-flux computing
- C. High-flux computing
- D. Computer Utilities
The quality of high-throughput service is usually measured by
- A. Flexibility
- B. Efficiency
- C. Adaptation
- D. Dependability
In a parallel computing system, multiple processors communicate over a
- A. Allocated memory
- B. Shared memory
- C. Network
- D. None of the above
A parallel computer system is capable of
- A. Decentralized computing
- B. Parallel computing
- C. Centralized computing
- D. Distributed computing
Writing software to run on multiple processors is called
- A. Parallel computation
- B. Parallel processes
- C. Parallel development
- D. Parallel programming
- E. Parallel computation
Three-tier architectures simplify application
- A. Maintenance
- B. Initiation
- C. Implementation
- D. Deployment
The emerging dynamic network of interconnected embedded systems is known as
- A. Multithreading
- B. Cyber cycle
- C. Internet of Things
- D. Cyber-physical system
- E. All of these
A major factor in the popularity of distributed systems is
- A. Reliability
- B. Scalability
- C. Data Sharing
- D. Resource Sharing
- E. All of the above
Parallel computing techniques are applied in
- A. Science and engineering
- B. Database and data mining
- C. Real time simulation of systems
- D. All of the above
Peer-to-peer architectures gave rise to
- A. Norming grids
- B. Data grids
- C. Computational grids
- D. Both A and B
A common class of high-performance computing (HPC) applications is
- A. Management
- B. Media mass
- C. Business
- D. Science
Computer technology development is typically divided into _____ generations.
- A. 6
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5
- E. All of these
The utilization rate of resources in a computing model is called its
- A. Adaptation
- B. Efficiency
- C. Dependability
- D. Flexibility
Ensuring quality of service under failure conditions is the role of
- A. Dependability
- B. Adaptation
- C. Flexibility
- D. Efficiency
Distributed systems run effectively in which application domains?
- A. HPC
- B. HTC
- C. HRC
- D. Both A and B
Systems that support both HPC and HTC particularly require
- A. Adaptivity
- B. Transparency
- C. Dependency
- D. Secretive
A resource-sharing architecture with no central controller is called
- A. Peer-to-Peer
- B. Space based
- C. Tightly coupled
- D. Loosely coupled
- E. All of these
Key characteristics of distributed systems number
- A. 5 types
- B. 2 types
- C. 3 types
- D. 4 types
Peer-to-peer networks are typically built over
- A. Many server machines
- B. One server machine
- C. One client machine
- D. Many client machines
Current microprocessor trends include
- A. Increase in clock speed
- B. Pipelining
- C. Superscalar execution
- D. All of the above
VLIW stands for
- A. Very Long Instruction processor
- B. Very Large Instruction processor
- C. Very Long Instruction processing
- D. Very Large Instruction processing
Parallel computing platforms are classified by
- A. Logical organization
- B. Physical organization
- C. Both A & B
- D. None of these
Logical components of parallel computing include
- A. Control Structure: expressing parallelism
- B. Communication model: interaction mechanism
- C. Both A & B
- D. None of these
High-throughput computing (HTC) applications typically focus on
- A. Business
- B. Engineering
- C. Science
- D. Media mass
An architecture with a single global address space is called
- A. Loosely coupled
- B. Peer-to-Peer
- C. Space-based
- D. Tightly coupled
- E. Loosely coupled
Cloud computing presents an Internet "cloud" of resources to provide
- A. Centralized computing
- B. Decentralized computing
- C. Parallel computing
- D. Both A and B
- E. All of these
Data access and storage contribute to job throughput, an element of
- A. Flexibility
- B. Adaptation
- C. Efficiency
- D. Dependability
Handling billions of jobs over massive data sets requires
- A. Efficiency
- B. Dependability
- C. Adaptation
- D. Flexibility
Static interconnection network topologies include
- A. Bus-based
- B. Switch-based
- C. Both A & B
- D. None of these
Key metrics for static interconnection networks include
- A. Diameter
- B. Connectivity
- C. Bisection width and bandwidth
- D. Cost
- E. All of these
Communication latency between nodes depends on
- A. Startup time
- B. Per-hop time
- C. Per-word transfer time
- D. All of these
Routing techniques in parallel systems include
- A. Store-and-forward routing
- B. Packet routing
- C. Cut-through routing
- D. All of these
A broader concept that encompasses cloud computing is
- A. Parallel computing
- B. Centralized computing
- C. Utility computing
- D. Decentralized computing
- E. Parallel computing
Transparency that hides resource location changes is called
- A. Mobility transparency
- B. Concurrency transparency
- C. Performance transparency
- D. Replication transparency
A program running across multiple machines is called a
- A. Distributed process
- B. Distributed program
- C. Distributed application
- D. Distributed computing
A single-processor system exemplifies
- A. Grid computing
- B. Centralized computing
- C. Parallel computing
- D. Distributed computing
Utility computing is based on a ______ model.
- A. Data
- B. Cloud
- C. Scalable
- D. Business
A cyber-physical system (CPS) integrates technologies known as the
- A. 5C
- B. 2C
- C. 3C
- D. 4C
The acronym HPC stands for
- A. High-peak computing
- B. High-peripheral computing
- C. High-performance computing
- D. Highly-parallel computing