Question 1

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of cloud computing?

Accepted Answer

A)  rapid elasticity
B)  measured service
C)  broad network access
D)  all of the aboveE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Uniprocessors fall into the _______ category of computer systems.

Accepted Answer

A)  MIMD
B)  SIMD
C)  SISD
D)  MISDE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

_________ causes results issuing from one functional unit to be fed immediately into another functional unit and so on.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chaining
B)  Rollover
C)  Passive standby
D)  PipeliningE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

The main drawback of the bus organization is reliability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

_________ is the easiest multithreading approach to implement.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 17: Parallel Processing

Uniprocessors fall into the _______ category of computer systems.