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of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 18
B.Tech. (CSE) (Sem.–7,8)
PARALLEL COMPUTING
Subject Code : BTCS-714-18
M.Code : 90505
Date of Examination : 08-07-22
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :
1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY consisting of TEN questions carrying T WO marks
each.
2. SECTION-B contains FIVE questions carrying FIVE marks each and students
have to attempt any FOUR questions.
3. SECTION-C contains T HREE questions carrying T EN marks each and students
have to attempt any T WO questions.

SECTION-A

Write briefly :

1. Systolic Array

2. Array Processor

3. Loop scheduling

4. SIMD and MIMD

5. Shared memory architecture

6. Communication overhead

7. Benchmark

8. Parallel Scheduling

9. Synchronous and Asynchronous Processor

10. Pipelining

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 SECTION-B

11. Discuss Flynn’s classification for parallel computers with examples of each category.
Also mention the merits and demerits of each category.

12. What is meant by performance metrices? Explain performance metrices used for the
communication overheads in parallel computers with suitable examples.

13. Differentiate between static and dynamic interconnections of parallel computing.

14. What are the steps to create parallel programming environment and also, discuss loop
scheduling.

15. Describe the various types of distributed memory networks used in parallel processors.
Also state the limitations of each.

SECTION-C

16. What do you understand by Systolic Array and Vector Processors? How these are
different from SIMD and pipelined processors?

17. a) Write a short note on various PRAM models.

b) Differentiate between data parallelism and control parallelism.

18. Differentiate between shared memory parallelism, distributed memory parallelism and
object- oriented programming.

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