A ______ may sometimes be ignored by the CPU.
page fault
non-maskable interrupt
trap
maskable interrupt
none of the above
All of the above
In a 16-node system, which of these networks would have the largest communication diameter?
n-cube
two-dimensional nearest neighbor mesh
ring
torus
Which of the following is a rearrangeable interconnection network?
Illiac network
Omega network
crossbar switch
Benes Network
All except crossbar switch
Which of the following architectures uses memory-mapped I/O?
Intel x86
Motorola 6811C12
Motorola 680x0
Sun SPARC
None of the above
All except Intel x86
In a 64-node system, which of the following would have the smallest node connection degree?
two-dimensional nearest-neighbor mesh
Illiac Network
In "Big 0" notation, the cost of an n-to-n Omega network can be expressed as:
O(n)
O(n log n)
O( n²)
O(log n)
Which type of architecture is modeled on the structure of a biological brain?
fuzzy logic processor
dataflow computer
quantum computer
artificial neural network
none of these
all of these
Which of the following architectures provides support for separate I/O?
Motorola 68HC12
Which of the following is not a method for ensuring cache coherence in a multiprocessor system where each processor has its own cache?
write-update snoopy cache
write-through cache
write-invalidate snoopy cache
full-map directory protocol
any of the above methods is sufficient to ensure coherence
A special read-modify-write bus cycle is needed to support _______.
Non-Maskable Interrupts
Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Indivisible Access to Semaphores
Which type of architecture is commonly used in "expert systems" that try to mimic the decisions made by knowledgeable human analysts?
both fuzzy logic processor and dataflow computer
In a 16-node system, which of these networks would have the smallest communication diameter?
binary n-cube
Moore's Law states that computers have become much more powerful over the past several decades because of which of the following reasons?
Much larger disk drives have become available
Networking technology improvements have resulted in greater bandwidth
Modern compilers are much better at uncovering parallelism in programs
Individual transistors have gotten smaller and smaller over time
Both Much larger disk drives and Networking technology
In what type of computer system would a watchdog timer be most useful?
embedded microcontroller
large computational cluster
vector supercomputer
general-purpose PC
array processor
The Illiac IV computer system was best classified as which of Michael Flynn's architectural types?
SISD
MISD
SIMD
MIMD
In "Big O" notation the cost function of a Benes network can be expressed as:
O(n²)
O(n³)
Which of the following is a blocking interconnection network?
Omega Network
Benes network
In a 64-node system, which of the following would have the largest node connection degree?
Which of the following is a non-blocking interconnection network?
linear
Which of the following is a method for ensuring cache coherence in a multiprocessor system where each processor has its own cache?
NCC-NUMA
write-back cache
all except write-back cache
In "Big-O" notation, the cost function of an n-by-n crossbar switch can be expressed as:
