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CS5500                             Exam3                              Spring 2003

 

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Instructions: Closed book.  Closed notes.  No Calculators.  No scratch paper. All you need is a pencil or a pen. Write all your answers in the space indicated on the cover sheet, which may be separated from the rest of the exam.

120-minute time limit.  If you have questions during the exam, call 435-770-4315.  The time shown on phone visible over the video link indicates the time left. 

Turn in only the cover sheet; you may keep the rest of the exam for your records.

Site Facilitators: In order to expedite the processing of exam III, please fax the cover sheets to the Logan site as your site finishes the exam.

Students: Please tell your site facilitator to read the previous paragraph.

Good luck!

 

 

1. The following random list of integers is to be sorted using bitonic sorting:

7 2 4 3 5 1 0 6

    What is the order of this list after one set of compare/switches?

a. 2 7 4 3 1 5 6 0
b. 2 7 3 4 1 5 0 6
c. 5 1 0 3 7 2 4 6
d. 4 2 7 3 0 1 5 6
e. none of the above  

correct answer: A

2. In the recursive transposition algorithm we discussed in class, at any given time, what is the maximum number of messages that are in transit in a machine of n processors?

a.     4

b.     n/4

c.     n/2

d.     n

e.     none of the above  

correct answer: C

3.  In the distributed termination scheme discussed in the text that makes use of acknowledgements, a process can accept work

a.     only from its parent, as many times as needed

b.     from anybody except its parent

c.     from its parent, but only once

d.     from any process

e.     none  of the above  

correct answer: D

4.  Which of the following is NOT a distributed termination scheme discussed in the text:

a.     the acknowledgement scheme

b.     the ring scheme

c.     Balasubramaniam’s scheme

d.     the white/black token scheme

e.     none of the above  

correct answer: C

5.  In Prims algorithm, the goal is to:

a.     find a minimum-cost tour

b.     find a minimum-cost path

c.     find a minimum-cost path from a specific source

d.     find a minimum cost spanning tree

          e. none of the above

correct answer: D

 

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