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Graphics processing unit - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the primary function of a graphics processing unit (GPU)?
A) Digital image processing and graphics acceleration
B) General purpose operating system management
C) Power supply voltage regulation
D) Hard drive data storage management
  • 2. Where can a GPU be physically located?
A) Exclusively on external peripheral devices
B) Only inside the CPU socket
C) On a discrete graphics card or embedded on motherboards
D) Integrated solely into the RAM modules
  • 3. Why are GPUs used for artificial intelligence (AI) processing?
A) Due to linear algebra acceleration
B) To control cooling fans efficiently
C) To manage internet connectivity
D) Because they replace the main CPU entirely
  • 4. What custom programs can modern GPUs run?
A) Shaders
B) Web browser scripts
C) BIOS firmware updates
D) Operating system kernels
  • 5. How do modern GPUs differ from earlier video display controllers?
A) Video display controllers were faster
B) Video display controllers used shaders
C) Modern GPUs only move memory data
D) Modern GPUs can internally perform calculations
  • 6. What did blitters perform in earlier graphics systems?
A) Complex 3D rotation
B) Basic memory movement operations
C) Ray tracing calculations
D) Machine learning model training
  • 7. When did the modern GPU emerge?
A) During the 2010s
B) During the 1970s
C) During the 1980s
D) During the 1990s
  • 8. What makes GPUs useful for non-graphic 'embarrassingly parallel' problems?
A) Their serial processing architecture
B) Their ability to access CPU memory only
C) Their parallel structure of calculation units
D) Their limited number of calculation cores
  • 9. Which of these is a non-graphical use for GPUs?
A) Cryptocurrency mining
B) Operating system booting
C) Input device communication
D) Text file formatting
  • 10. Which companies were the GPU market share leaders in 2009?
A) Matrox, Nvidia, and Intel
B) Jingjia Micro, Matrox, and Intel
C) Intel, Nvidia, and AMD/ATI
D) Nvidia, Jingjia Micro, and AMD
  • 11. What is the primary activity of Matrox in the current GPU market?
A) Leading the worldwide sales of GPUs
B) Customizing GPUs from Intel and AMD
C) Manufacturing their own architecture from scratch
D) Producing exclusively for mobile phones
  • 12. What unit describes processor core units within an AMD GPU?
A) Blitter units
B) Xe cores
C) Streaming multiprocessors (SM)
D) Compute units (CU)
  • 13. What unit describes processor core units within an Nvidia GPU?
A) Streaming multiprocessors (SM)
B) Compute units (CU)
C) Arithmetic logic units
D) Xe cores
  • 14. How is GPU performance typically measured?
A) Clock speed in megahertz
B) Floating point operations per second (FLOPS)
C) Number of pixels per frame
D) Gigabytes of memory per second
  • 15. What are the core calculation units in Intel Xe-based GPUs called?
A) Xe cores
B) Calculation blocks
C) Compute units
D) Streaming multiprocessors
  • 16. Which dedicated hardware blocks are included in modern GPUs?
A) Hard drive storage and cooling
B) Battery management and Wi-Fi
C) Keyboard input and audio output
D) Ray tracing, video encoding, and AI acceleration
  • 17. What type of RAM do dedicated GPUs typically use?
A) DDR3 SDRAM
B) System-wide flash memory
C) CPU cache memory
D) GDDR SDRAM
  • 18. Which technology allows multiple GPUs to work together?
A) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
B) Scalable Link Interface
C) Integrated Memory Controller
D) Hyper-Threading
  • 19. Where are multiple GPUs still commonly used?
A) Smartphones
B) Basic office laptops
C) Supercomputers
D) Budget tablets
  • 20. Which of the following is a primary use for multiple GPUs on workstations?
A) 3D rendering
B) Audio playback
C) Word processing
D) Email management
  • 21. What is a major benefit of using dedicated RAM on a GPU?
A) Lower manufacturing costs
B) Reduced electricity consumption
C) Smaller physical footprint
D) Massive performance benefits
  • 22. What acronym is used to describe integrated graphics processors?
A) IGP
B) VFX
C) GPU
D) RAM
  • 23. What is a common application for multiple GPUs in the field of AI?
A) Humanoid robot motor control
B) Automatic language translation
C) Cloud storage management
D) Expediting training
  • 24. Which technology for multiple GPUs is mentioned in the text along with SLI and CrossFire?
A) NVLink
B) MegaLink
C) HyperLink
D) TurboLink
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