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Semester Two 2018
Examination Period

Faculty of Information Technology

EXAM CODES: FIT3143

TITLE OF PAPER: PARALLEL COMPUTING - PAPER 1

EXAM DURATION: 2 hours writing time

READING TIME: 10 minutes

THIS PAPER IS FOR STUDENTS STUDYING AT:( tick where applicable)
o Caulfield þ Clayton o Parkville o Peninsula
o Monash Extension o Off Campus Learning þ Malaysia o Sth Africa
o Other (specify)

During an exam, you must not have in your possession any item/material that has not been authorised for
your exam. This includes books, notes, paper, electronic device/s, mobile phone, smart watch/device,
calculator, pencil case, or writing on any part of your body. Any authorised items are listed below.
Items/materials on your desk, chair, in your clothing or otherwise on your person will be deemed to be in
your possession.

No examination materials are to be removed from the room. This includes retaining, copying, memorising
or noting down content of exam material for personal use or to share with any other person by any means
following your exam.
Failure to comply with the above instructions, or attempting to cheat or cheating in an exam is a discipline
offence under Part 7 of the Monash University (Council) Regulations, or a breach of instructions under Part
3 of the Monash University (Academic Board) Regulations..

No exam paper or other exam materials are to be removed from the room.


AUTHORISED MATERIALS

OPEN BOOK o YES þ NO

CALCULATORS o YES þ NO

SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED ITEMS o YES þ NO
if yes, items permitted are:

Candidates must complete this section if required to write answers within this paper


STUDENT ID: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ DESK NUMBER: __ __ __ __ __


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Instructions to Candidates

1. This Exam paper, which is printed over 19 pages in total, consists of:

• Part A: 20 Multiple Choice Questions (20 marks – 1 mark per question)

• Part B: Two Programming Questions (20 marks – 10 marks per question)

• Part C: Four Theoretical Questions (60 marks – 15 marks per question)

2. Total marks for the Exam is 100.

3. Write your ID NUMBER and DESK NUMBER in the box at the bottom of the previous page.

4. This paper MUST BE RETURNED before exiting the examination hall.

Part A: Multiple Choice Questions (20 marks total)

Instructions:
1. Each question has only one correct answer within its listed choices. Therefore your answer
to each question can only be a single letter for the choice. No penalty marks are applied to
the wrong answers. Ambiguous responses will be ignored.
2. Use Solution Table on NEXT PAGE (page 3) of this paper to answer Part A.
3. Incorrect filling of the Solution Table or altering the Table’s row/column order will lead
to marks not being correctly assigned. You should also study the following example
carefully before completing the Table.

Example:
Q1. What is the speed of light in space?
a. 300,000 m/s
b. Approximately 3×108 m/s
c. Precisely 3×108 m/s
d. None of the above

Correctly completed response to this question will look like this:-
Ques.# Ans. Ques.# Ans. Ques.# Ans.
1 B 8 15

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Part A – The Solution Table

Record your answers to the Part A questions in the ‘Answer’ column of the following Table:



Ques.# Ans. Ques.# Ans. Ques.# Ans.
1 8 15
2 9 16
3 10 17
4 11 18
5 12 19
6 13 20
7 14

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