UNIT 4

DISTRIBUTED MEMORY PROGRAMMING WITH MPI

1) program running on one core memory pair is called

a)function
b)process
c)passing
d) partitioning
Ans:b

2)In execution command to run the program

a)$mpiexec -a<number of processes>./mpi
b)$mpiexec -n<number of processes>./mpi hello
c)$mpiexec -a<number of processes>./mpi hello
d)$mpiexec -n<number of processes>./mpi hello
Ans:d

3)mpi.h header file contains

a)prototypes of MPI function
b)macro definitions
c)Type definitions
d)all of the above
Ans:d

4)MPI constructs are

a)MPI_Init
b)MPI_Finalize
c)MPI_rank
d)MPI_world
Ans:both a and b

5)MPI_Comm_size returns
a)calling process
b)returns no of process
c)returns offset
d)returns error code
Ans:b

6) other name of message passing interface?

a)Collective communication
b)Collective networks
c)Collective interface
d)None of the above
Ans: (a)

7)tag is used to what

a)Distinguish message
b)Identify characters
c)Identify knowledge
d)None of the above
Ans: (a)

8)which is the c datatype for mpi char datatype?

a)Signed char
b)Signed int
c)Signed float
d)Unsigned int
Ans: (a)

9)what is a collection of cores connected to a globally accessible memory??

a)Shared memory system
b)Distributed memory system
c)Cpu
d)Memory
Ans: (a)

10)what is a collection of core memory pairs connected by a network?

a)Shared memory system
b)Distributed memory system
c)Cpu
d)Mouse
Ans: (b)
11)write an example for not an mpi predefined datatype?
a)Mpi char
b)Mpi short
c)Mpi int
d)Char
Ans: (d)

12)what is the returns of seconds that have elapsed since some time in the past?
a)Elapsed parallel time
b)Elapsed collision time
c)Iq time
d)None of the above
Ans: (a)

13)elapsed serial time is calculated in what

a)Milliseconds
b)Microseconds
c)Nano seconds
d)Minute
Ans: (b)

14) what is the meaning of mpl-MAX

a)Maximum
b)Minimum
c)Average
d)Most maximum
Ans: (a)

15)what is the meaning for MPl - BoR

a)Bitwise or
b)Bitwise and
c)Bitwise
d)Sum
Ans: (a)

16)specify the types of communication modes?

a)Blocking and non blocking mode
b)Blocking mode
c)Unblocked mode
d)Anything
Ans: (a)

17)what involve communication among all processes in a process group

a)Collective communication
b)Non collective communication
c)Communication
d)None of above
Ans: (a)

18)expand mpi?
a)Message passing interface
b)Message process interface
c)Message passing identity
d)None of above
Ans: (a)

19)_____release the resources allocated for MPI.

a) MPI_finalize
b)MPI_init
c)MPI_addresss
ANS: (a)

20)what is the syntax for MPI_finalize?

a) int MPI_Finalize(void)
b)int MPI_Finalize()
c) MPI_Finalize(void)
ANS: (a)

21)MPI_comm_rank returns
a)process rank
b)calling process rank
c)no of process rank
ANS: (b)
22)which of the following is not an MPI library?
a) MPI_abort
b)MPI_comm_Free
c)MPI_comm_world
ANS: (c)

23)in ____ mode, program will not continue until the communication is
completed.
a)non-blocking
b)blocking
c)ideal
ANS: (b)

24)_________ sends data from all processes to all processes.

a)MPI_allreduce
b)MPI_allgather
c)MPI_gather
ANS: (b)

25) ________function is used to delete the cached attribute.

a)MPI_cancel
b)MPI_attr_delete
c)MPI_delete
ANS: (b)

26) c datatype of MPI LONG LONG

a) signed long long int
b)long long int
c)unsigned long long int
ANS: (a)

27)what is the type argument of MPI_send?

a)MPI_CHAR
b)MPI_INT
c)MPI_LONG
ANS: (a)
28) __________assigns the components in round robin fashion.
a)block partition
b)cyclic partition
c)block-cyclic partition
ANS: (b)

29)block partition assigns block of __________ components to each process.

a)local_n consecutive
b)n consecutive
c) consecutive
ANS: (a)

30)c datatype of mpi unsigned

a)unsigned int
b)unsigned char
c)unsigned long
ANS: (a)