In Its Simplest Form,Amdahl's Law Maintains That If a Given

question 12

Multiple Choice

In its simplest form,Amdahl's Law maintains that if a given program would take one hour to run to completion with one processor,but 80 percent of the program had to run sequentially (and therefore could not be sped up by applying additional processors to it) ,then a resulting parallel program would run only a maximum of ____ percent faster.

• A) 5
• B) 10
• C) 20
• D) 25

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Definitions:

Work in Process

Represents the cost of unfinished goods in the manufacturing process, including labor, raw materials, and overhead costs.

Production Jobs

Specific tasks or sets of tasks within the manufacturing process, designed to produce goods or manage the production flow.

Profit

The financial surplus remaining after all operating expenses, taxes, and costs have been deducted from total revenue.

Factory Overhead Applied

The allocation of indirect manufacturing costs to produced goods based on estimated or predetermined rates.