📝 Multicore Programming

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Practice MCQs for Multicore Programming. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-08

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Q1. What characterizes a multicore system architecture?

🔹 A. Multiple CPU chips on a single motherboard

🔹 B. Multiple computing cores placed on a single chip

🔹 C. Multiple computers connected via network

🔹 D. Multiple operating systems running simultaneously

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. In a single-processor system before SMP architectures, how did CPU schedulers provide the illusion of parallelism?

🔹 A. By executing all processes on multiple cores

🔹 B. By rapidly switching between processes

🔹 C. By executing processes sequentially

🔹 D. By using hardware acceleration

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. What does the distinction between parallelism and concurrency highlight?

🔹 A. They are the same concept

🔹 B. Concurrency requires multiple cores; parallelism does not

🔹 C. Parallelism requires multiple tasks to make progress simultaneously; concurrency does not

🔹 D. Parallelism is a subset of concurrency

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: D

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