📝 Multicore Processors in Multiple Processor Scheduling

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-10

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Q1. What defines a multicore processor?

🔹 A. Multiple physical processor chips connected via a bus

🔹 B. Multiple processor cores placed on the same physical chip

🔹 C. A single processor core with hyper-threading technology

🔹 D. Multiple processors sharing a single memory controller

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. In a dual-threaded core, what happens when one hardware thread experiences a memory stall?

🔹 A. The entire processor core halts until the data arrives

🔹 B. The core switches to executing the other hardware thread

🔹 C. The stalled thread is terminated by the operating system

🔹 D. The core increases its clock speed to fetch data faster

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. What is the fundamental difference between the scheduling performed by the OS and the scheduling performed by the core on a multithreaded multicore processor?

🔹 A. The OS schedules software threads; the core schedules hardware threads

🔹 B. The OS schedules hardware threads; the core schedules software threads

🔹 C. They both schedule software threads using different algorithms

🔹 D. The OS schedules processes; the core schedules both processes and threads

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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