What is Amdahl's Law primarily used for? Predicting maximum speedup from parallelization Calculating energy consumption Improving code readability Assessing software reliability

Predicting maximum speedup from parallelization

How is the speedup \[ S \] calculated according to Amdahl's Law? \[ S = rac{1}{(1 - f) + rac{f}{p}} \] \[ S = rac{f}{(1 - f) + rac{1}{p}} \] \[ S = rac{p}{f + rac{1}{(1 - f)}} \] \[ S = rac{1}{p + rac{f}{1 - f}} \]

\[ S = rac{1}{(1 - f) + rac{f}{p}} \]

According to Amdahl's Law, what limits the speedup in a parallel system? The sequential portion of the task The number of processors The size of the data The cost of implementation

The sequential portion of the task

Which statement is true about the parallel fraction \[ f \] in Amdahl's Law? It is the fraction of the workload that can be parallelized It is the fraction of tasks that are sequential It is always greater than 1 It represents the number of processors

It is the fraction of the workload that can be parallelized

What is a common misconception about Amdahl’s Law? It implies unlimited speedup with more processors It only applies to software development It guarantees improved efficiency It is irrelevant to modern computing

It implies unlimited speedup with more processors

What does Amdahl’s Law primarily predict in computing? Maximum speedup with parallelization Minimum latency of a network Optimal storage capacity Maximum power consumption

Maximum speedup with parallelization

Amdahl’s Law assumes a program consists of what two types of operations? Parallelizable and non-parallelizable Input and output Sequential and random Logical and arithmetic

Parallelizable and non-parallelizable

What is the formula for Amdahl's Law? \[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{(1 - p) + rac{p}{n}} \] \[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{1 - p} \] \[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{p + rac{1-p}{n}} \] \[ S \] = \[ rac{p}{1 + rac{1-p}{n}} \]

\[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{(1 - p) + rac{p}{n}} \]

In Amdahl’s Law, what does \[ p \] represent? Proportion of the program that can be parallelized Number of processors Total execution time Processing power

Proportion of the program that can be parallelized

Which of the following is a consequence of Amdahl's Law? Diminishing returns with more processors Linear speedup regardless of processors Decrease in program complexity Increase in storage requirements

Diminishing returns with more processors

What is a limitation of Amdahl’s Law? It does not account for overhead from communication It assumes unlimited power supply It predicts infinite speedup It disregards memory usage

It does not account for overhead from communication

What is Amdahl's Law primarily used for in computing? To predict maximum speedup from parallelization To determine the energy consumption of processors To calculate network bandwidth To evaluate memory usage efficiency

To predict maximum speedup from parallelization

Which of the following represents the mathematical formula for Amdahl's Law? \[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{(1-P) + rac{P}{N}} \] \[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{1-P} \] \[ S \] = \[ P imes N \] \[ S \] = \[ N - P \]

\[ S \] = \[ rac{1}{(1-P) + rac{P}{N}} \]

What is the primary limitation of Amdahl's Law? It does not consider communication overhead It assumes infinite processors It ignores memory constraints It overestimates parallel efficiency

It does not consider communication overhead

What does the variable \[ P \] represent in Amdahl's Law? The fraction of the program that can be parallelized The number of processors used The total execution time The sequential execution time

The fraction of the program that can be parallelized

In the context of Amdahl's Law, what happens as the number of processors approaches infinity? Speedup approaches \[ rac{1}{1-P} \] Speedup becomes infinite Speedup equals 1 Speedup is determined by network latency

Speedup approaches \[ rac{1}{1-P} \]

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