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This document outlines the midterm examination for the course 'Parallel and Distributed Computing' at the University of Lahore, detailing the course code, credit hours, instructors, and examination guidelines. It includes two main questions focusing on concepts of parallel computing, communication types, performance metrics, and practical problems related to execution time and processor efficiency. The exam is scheduled for 60 minutes and is worth a total of 25 marks.

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PDC_MidTerm (1)

This document outlines the midterm examination for the course 'Parallel and Distributed Computing' at the University of Lahore, detailing the course code, credit hours, instructors, and examination guidelines. It includes two main questions focusing on concepts of parallel computing, communication types, performance metrics, and practical problems related to execution time and processor efficiency. The exam is scheduled for 60 minutes and is worth a total of 25 marks.

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The University of Lahore

Department of Computer Science & IT


Midterm Examination
Fall-2022
Course Title: Parallel and Distributed Computing Course Code: CS-326 Credit Hours: 3

Course Instructors: Mr. Yasir Masood Program Name: BSCS

Time Allowed: 60 Minutes Maximum Marks: 25


Date: 16-11-2022 Course Mentor: Dr. Muhammad Atif
Student’s Name: Signature:
Reg. No: Section: D

Important Instructions / Guidelines:


Cutting, overwriting, and using correction fluid are not allowed in the paper.
Your paper will be marked as ZERO if involved in any kind of cheating.
Understanding the question is also a part of your paper.

CS-326- Parallel and Distributed Computing


Subjective Part Time: 60 Minutes Total Marks: 25

Question # 1: (10 marks)

Briefly explain the following questions:


1. Differentiate between Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication?
2. List four advantages of Parallel computing?
3. What are the differences between MIPS and MFLOPS?
4. Define the system clock, and how it affects the efficiency of instruction
execution?
5. What does an Affinity mask mean in a processor?
Question # 2: (15 Marks)
1. Mr. Sarmad working as a senior software developer and his client want him to run code
for a fix fixed problem size. The total execution time of the code is 5000 seconds, in
which 3750 seconds are reserved for the Parallel execution of the code.

A. What speedup and Efficiency, Max speedup can Sarmad expect on 150 processors?

B. Moreover, to get the performance of 4 times of the total time, how many processors
are needed with the same problem?

2. Explain Flynn’s taxonomy of computer architecture in detail.

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