Quizz on Multiprocessors_Unit-2

A collection of lines that connects several devices is called ______________

• bus

• peripheral connection wires

• Both a and b

• 
  internal wires

Which MIMD systems are best scalable with respect to the number of processors?

• Distributed memory computers

• ccNUMA systems

• nccNUMA systems

• Symmetric multiprocessors

The idea of cache memory is based ______

• on the property of locality of reference

• on the heuristic 90-10 rule

• on the fact that references generally tend to cluster

• all of the above

When number of switch ports is equal to or larger than number of devices, this simple network is referred to as

• Crossbar

• Crossbar switch

• Switching

• Both a and b

A pipeline is like

• an automobile assembly line

• house pipeline

• both a and b

• a gas line

Bus switches are present in

• bus window technique

• crossbar switching

• linked input/output

• shared bus

Systems that do not have parallel processing capabilities are

• SISD

• MIMD

• SIMD

• MISD

SIMD represents an organization that

• Includes many processing units under the supervision of a common control unit

• vector supercomputer and MIMD systems

• logic behind pipelining an instruction as observe

• receive an instruction from the controlling unit

A processor performing fetch or decoding of different instruction during the execution of another instruction is called

• Direct interconnects

• Indirect interconnects

• Pipe-lining

• Uniform Memory Access

All nodes in each dimension form a linear array, in the

• Star topology

• Ring topology

• Connect topology

• D.

  Mesh topology