Fun Quiz 3A - 6 Nov 2024

What is a thread?

• A heavy-weight process

• A type of operating system

• A sub-set of a main process

• A lightweight process

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of using threads?

• Responsiveness

• Economy

• Resource Sharing

• Increased memory usage

What distinguishes a thread from a child process?

• Threads are heavier than child processes

• Threads run independently of processes

• Threads share resources with other threads in the same process

• Child processes cannot run concurrently

In a multithreaded application, what does a thread typically handle?

• Only data storage

• Only user input

• Only background tasks

• Multiple tasks simultaneously

What is the main advantage of thread creation over process creation?

• Thread creation has lower overhead

• Thread creation is heavier

• Threads are more complex to manage

• Threads require more resources

What is the difference between concurrency and parallelism?

• Parallelism is only possible in single-core systems

• Concurrency allows multiple tasks to make progress

• Parallelism allows tasks to make progress over time

• Concurrency allows tasks to run simultaneously

Which of the following is an example of a multithreaded application?

• A command line interface

• A file explorer

• A web browser

• A simple text editor

What does a web server do when it receives a client request?

• It queues the request indefinitely

• It ignores the request

• It creates a new thread to handle the request

• It creates a new process for each request

What is data parallelism?

• Using a single thread for all operations

• Running multiple threads in a single core

• Distributing subsets of the same data across multiple cores

• Distributing unique operations across cores

What is a characteristic of a multi-core system?

• It is less efficient than a single-core system

• It has multiple cores on a single chip

• It can only run one thread at a time

• It has multiple separate CPUs