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QUESTION BANK
VIII SEMESTER
Regulation – 2017
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QUESTION BANK
4. How would you evaluate thread and thread block? Evaluate BTL-5
8. How would you describe the basic functions of Global memory? Remember BTL-1
10. What is texture memory and when to use it? Remember BTL-1
13. How would you show your understanding to execute CUDA programming? Apply BTL-3
14. Generalize the key abstraction of CUDA parallel programming. Create BTL-6
17. List out the key features in GPU architecture. Remember BTL-1
19. How would you classify the hardware and software view of CUDA programming Apply BTL-3
execution model.
20. Design the streaming multiprocessor. Create BTL-6
PART B
1. What is CPU and GPU? Give the difference between CPU and GPUdesign in detail. Understand BTL-2
(13)
2. Examine the relevant examples discuss evaluation of GPU architecture. (13) Apply BTL-3
5. (i)Explain the steps in building CUDA hardware component. (8) Analyze BTL-4
(ii)Analyze the information needed to support the hardware component in CUDA
(5)
6. (i) Discuss in detail about Thread hierarchy and block hierarchy. (7) understand BTL-2
(ii) Describe in detail about grid and wrap hierarchy? (6)
7. Discuss in detail about different types of memories provided by CUDA. (13) Understand BTL-2
8. (i)Describe the Evolution of different GPU architecture in detail. (7) Remember BTL-1
(ii)Identify the major differences between Task and Data parallelism. (6)
9. (i) Explain in detail about overview of CUDA hardware. (13) Evaluate BTL-5
10. Describe in detail about i) DRAM scheduling policies (7) Remember BTL-1
ii) Memory hierarchy. (6)
11. (i)Compare shared memory with global memory. (7) Evaluate BTL-5
(ii)Summarize the various operations of Texture memory with constant memory.
(6)
12. Describe in detail about GPU architecture related to CPU and GPU design. (13) Remember BTL-1
13. i) Demonstrate in detail about CUDA programming model. (7) Apply BTL-3
ii) Examine in detail about CUDA kernel . (6)
14. (i)Generalize the potential performance of double wrap scheduler Create BTL-6
implementation. (7)
(ii)Design and discuss about scheduling policies in CUDA (6)
PART C
1. Explain the typical Evolution of GPU architectures with necessary Analyze BTL-4
diagrams.(15)
2. Design Typical GPU Architecture and analyze various CUDA Hardware in Create BTL-6
detail. (15)
3. Explain the different types of scheduling in GPU architecture. (15) Create BTL-6
PART A
1. Define CUDA design goals. Remember BTL-1
3. Compare the different areas where multi GPU are used. Analyze BTL-4
5. How will you Apply the identified performance problem? Apply BTL-3
6. Discuss the CUDA tools that help developer in analyzing application performance. Understand BTL-2
7. Analyze memory consideration that should be thought of while improving Analyze BTL-4
performance.
8. Illustrate the guidelines should be followed while transferring data between host Analyze BTL-4
and device.
9. Analyze what care should be taken while launching kernel Apply BTL-3
10. Describe constraint resource that should be kept in mind during writing Understand BTL-2
application.
11. Analyze design goals of CUDA. Apply BTL-3
PART B
1. i) Describe the different libraries provided by CUDA. (10) Remember BTL-1
ii) Describe in detail about image and video libraries. (3)
2. State and Explain the APOD cycle in detail. (13) Analyze BTL-4
3. (i)Explain different memory space available in CUDA along with memory Evaluate BTL-5
constraint. (13)
4. Discuss in detail about recommendations that developers should focus for achieving Understand BTL-2
better performance. (13)
5. Write a C and corresponding CUDA program and explain. (13) Remember BTL-1
6. (i)Analyze in detail about what are the packages are installed while CUDA Apply BTL-3
installation. (7)
(ii) Write down the basic instructions to install CUDA (6)
7. Discuss in detail about CUDA program with an example. (13) Understand BTL-2
8. List and explain the different topologies in multi GPU. (13) Remember BTL-1
11. (i)What is problem decomposition? Explain the various problem decomposition Analyze BTL-4
techniques. (7)
(ii)Explain the memory spaces on a CUDA device. (6)
12. Explain in detail about memory considerations on a CUDA device. (13) Apply BTL-3
13. i) Compose in detail about data transfers in CUDA. (7) Create BTL-6
ii) Develop a short note Thread usage in CUDA. (6)
14. Discuss in detail about Resource contentions in CUDA (13) Analyze BTL-4
PART C
1. Explain in detail about multi GPU and Multi GPU solutions with necessary Analyze BTL-4
diagrams. (15)
2. Develop in detail about how to optimize CUDA applications in detail. (15) Create BTL-6
3. Discuss in detail about various memory considerations in CUDA. (15) Create BTL-6
4. Explain in detail about thread usage and Resource contentions. (15) Evaluate BTL-5
PART A
1. Define Race hazard. Remember BTL-1
6. How would you illustrate the memory leak and what is the common cause of it? Apply BTL-3
8. List the solutions that help developers in debugging and solving CUDA program Remember BTL-1
error.
9. Define divide and conquer error finding strategy. Remember BTL-1
10. Evaluate the CUDA- MEMCHECK tool is used for. Evaluate BTL-5
14. Explain how you will handle error functions in CUDA. Analyze BTL-4
15. Give some examples for error checking routines in CUDA. Analyze BTL-2
17. How will you analyze the canonical hazard types in CUDA? Apply BTL-3
PART B
1. Discuss CUDA error handling APIs and explain how they can be used for error BTL-3
Apply
checking. (13)
2. (i) Explain in detail about parallel programming issues. (7) BTL-5
Evaluate
(ii) Summarize on error types in CUDA. (6)
3. BTL-6
Summarize synchronization problems with suitable solutions (7) Create
4. Discuss in detail about different algorithmic issues and strategies to tackle them . BTL-2
Understand
(13)
5. (i) Compare CUDA tools. (3)
(ii) Explain the issues regarding CUDA tools. (3) BTL-4
Analyze
(iii)Write and explain the techniques are employed in finding and solving CUDA
error.(7)
6. Discuss in detail about what are the common problems in CUDA. (13) BTL-3
Apply
7. i)How would you summarize in detail about CUDA error handling? (6)
Understand BTL-2
ii)Summarize in detail about various kinds of error checking in CUDA.
(7)
8. Describe about parallel programming issues in CUDA. (13) Remember BTL-1
10. Describe in detail about algorithmic issues and memory leaks in CUDA. (13)
Remember BTL-1
11. (i) Examine in detail about finding and avoiding errors. (7)
Remember BTL-1
(ii)Describe in detail about CUDA-MEMCHECK. (6)
12. (i)Describe in detail about Error handling and error checking in CUDA?(13)
Understand BTL-2
13. Explain in brief about Race hazard in CUDA ? (13)
Analyze BTL-4
14. (i)Explain in brief about atomic operations in CUDA? (6)
Analyze BTL-4
(ii)Explain what are the common problems faced in CUDA ? (7)
PART C
1. Compare the synchronization issue with parallel programming issues in CUDA Analyze BTL-4
(15)
2. Summarize the various Error handling methods and error avoiding methods in Evaluate BTL-5
CUDA? (15)
3. Analyze the various common problems faced in CUDA (15) Analyze BTL-4
4. Generalize how parallel programming and synchronization issues are solved in Create BTL-6
CUDA (15)
PART A
1. Identify what is OpenCL. Remember BTL-1
6. Explain what are the open source software tools that enable OpenCL. Analyze BTL-4
11. How would you evaluate the execution model of OpenCL? Evaluate BTL-5
15. How would you show your understanding about Image Format Descriptor? Apply BTL-3
17. What inference can you formulate with Filling Image Objects? Create BTL-6
20. How do you explain the Pipe Object Queries? Remember BTL-1
PART B
5. (i)What isMemory? What are the features of memory object buffer. (8) Evaluate BTL-5
(ii)Explain how would you evaluate the execution model of OpenCL . (5)
6. i) How would you discuss the OpenCL standards in detail? (7) Understand BTL-2
ii) Discuss in detail about OpenCL standard history. (6)
7. (i)Examine in detail about OpenCL objective with examples. (4) Remember BTL-1
(ii)Describe in detail about OpenCL components. (9)
8. (i) Discuss the NVIDA and Intel architecture in detail. (5) Understand BTL-2
(ii)Interpret following Processor (8)
1. 1. ARM Mail GPUs
2. 2. AMD.
9. (i)Demonstrate in detail about Host Device interaction. (7) Apply BTL-3
(ii)Illustrate the concepts (6)
1. Kernel language extension
2. Execution model
10. Generalize the kernel programming model in detail. (13) Create BTL-6
PART C
2. Explain in detail about OpenCL components with related to hardware and software Analyze BTL-4
vendors (15)
3. Discuss in detail about Kernel and host device interaction (15) Evaluate BTL-5
4. Explain in detail about OpenCL device memory model (15) Create BTL-6
Parallel Patterns: Convolution, Prefix Sum, Sparse Matrix – Matrix Multiplication – Programming Heterogeneous
Cluster.
PART A
5. How will you apply parallel prefix sum operation? Apply BTL-3
20. Analyze code fragments using non blocking send and receive. Analyze BTL-4
PART B
1. Explain in detail about task parallelism and data parallelism. (13) Analyze BTL-4
2. Define convolution. Give the importance of convolution parallel algorithm. (13) Remember BTL-1
(i)3. (i)Describe the steps involved in Loop based patterns (7) Remember BTL-1
(ii) (ii)Examine in detail about types of parallelism. (6)
4. Analyze the CSR format for sparse matrix. (13) Analyze BTL-4
(i)5. (i)Define Fork. And explain the functions of Fork and Join pattern. (7) Remember BTL-1
(ii) (ii)Describe the function of Data parallelism. (6)
6. Explain how you will apply the sparse matrix multiplication algorithm in detail.(13) Apply BTL-3
(i)7. (i)Compare Data parallelism with Task parallelism. (7) Apply BTL-3
(ii) (ii)Describe the functions of several Streams in GPU. (6)
(i)8. (i)Describe the mathematical foundation for convolution. (7) Understand BTL-2
(ii) (ii)Interpret the various applications of convolution. (6)
9. Summarize the MPI communication on GPU. (13) Evaluate BTL-5
10. Develop in detail about the working of convolution Algorithm. (13) Create BTL-6
11. Distinguish the various real world interpretations of convolution. (13) Understand BTL-2
12. Summarize the source code for the image convolution host program. (13) Understand BTL-2
13. Give in detail about the working of parallel scan algorithm. (13) Analyze BTL-4
14. Define double buffer and explain the Double buffer version algorithm and Hills and Remember BTL-1
Steele algorithm. (13)
PART C
1. Analyze the procedure for improving algorithm efficiency in detail.(15) Analyze BTL-4
2. Evaluate the use of prefix sum algorithm and explain the sparse matrix Create BTL-6
multiplication model. (15)
3. Conclude the use of cuSPARSE library and explain Load balancing problem. (15) Evaluate BTL-5