Parallel Computing Quiz

Executing tasks in sequence on a single processor

Performing tasks without any communication

Breaking up a task into sub-tasks and doing them concurrently on a set of processors (correct)

Executing tasks on a grid network of processors

Single-core processors, Mainframe computers, Quantum computing

Superscalar processors, Vector processors, Accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs) (correct)

Grid computing, Distributed computing, Cloud computing

Analog computing, Quantum computing, Edge computing

To reduce the cost of computing infrastructure

To eliminate the need for real-time processing

To make some science simulations feasible within a human lifetime (correct)

To simplify programming for complex tasks

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