Question

The mode that is available when there is only one software thread to execute is

(a) single task mode

(b) multi task mode

(c) single task and multi task mode

(d) dual task mode

The question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

The question is from Hyperthreading In Pentium topic in section Pentium 4 processor of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Right option is (c) single task and multi task mode

For explanation I would say: When there is only one software thread to execute, there are two modes namely single task mode and multi task mode.