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:

External Inhibition

The decrease in the strength or occurrence of a behavior due to an external stimulus or change in environmental conditions.

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to distinguish between different stimuli or cues, especially in the context of learning and behavior.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable condition strengthens a desired behavior.