Distributed Computing System Set 6 MCQs

Q1 | What are design issues in distributed system structure?

scalability

fault-tolerance

clustering

all of the mentioned

Q2 | What is not true about a distributed system?

it is a collection of processor

all processors are synchronized

they do not share memory

none of the mentioned

Q3 | What are the characteristics of processor in distributed system?

they vary in size and function

they are same in size and function

they are manufactured with single purpose

they are real-time devices

Q4 | ______ is a unique tag, usually a number identifies the file within the file system.

file identifier

file name

file type

none of the mentioned

Q5 | To create a file ____________

allocate the space in file system

make an entry for new file in directory

allocate the space in file system & make an entry for new file in directory

none of the mentioned

Q6 | By using the specific system call, we can ____________

open the file

read the file

write into the file

all of the mentioned

Q7 | What is the mounting of file system?

crating of a filesystem

deleting a filesystem

attaching portion of the file system into a directory structure

removing the portion of the file system into a directory structure

Q8 | Mapping of file is managed by ____________

file metadata

page table

virtual memory

file system

Q9 | Mapping of network file system protocol to local file system is done by ____________

network file system

local file system

volume manager

remote mirror

Q10 | Which one of the following explains the sequential file access method?

random access according to the given byte number

read bytes one at a time, in order

read/write sequentially by record

read/write randomly by record

Q11 | Which of the following are the two parts of the file name?

name & identifier

identifier & type

extension & name

type & extension

Q12 | What is the mount point?

an empty directory at which the mounted file system will be attached

a location where every time file systems are mounted

is the time when the mounting is done

none of the mentioned

Q13 | When a file system is mounted over a directory that is not empty then _____________

the system may not allow the mount

the system must allow the mount

the system may allow the mount and the directory’s existing files will then be made obscure

all of the mentioned

Q14 | In distributed file system ________________ directories are visible from the local machine.

protected

local

private

remote

Q15 | In the world wide web, a ____ is needed to gain access to the remote files, and separate operations are used to transfer files.

laptop

plugin

browser

player

Q16 | Distributed naming services/Distributed information systems have been devised to _____________

provide information about all the systems

provide unified access to the information needed for remote computing

provide unique names to all systems in a network

all of the mentioned

Q17 | Domain name system provides _____________

host-name-to-network-address translations for the entire internet

network-address-to-host-name translations for the entire internet

binary to hex translations for the entire internet

all of the mentioned

Q18 | What is multimedia file?

is same as any other regular file

must be accessed at specific rate

stored on remote server can not be delivered to its client

none of the mentioned

Q19 | In which type of streaming multimedia file is delivered to the client, but not shared?

real-time streaming

progressive download

compression

none of the mentioned

Q20 | Which one of the following is the characteristic of a multimedia system?

high storage

high data rates

both high storage and high data rates

none of the mentioned

Q21 | The delay that occur during the playback of a stream is called ___________

stream delay

playback delay

jitter

event delay

Q22 | Multimedia system require hard real time scheduling ___________

to ensure critical tasks will be serviced within timing deadlines

to deliver the media file to the client

to minimize the delay

for security

Q23 | The three general methods for delivering content from a server to a client across a network are ___________

unicasting

multicasting

broadcasting

all of the mentioned

Q24 | Unicasting delivers the content to ___________

a single client

all clients, regardless whether they want the content or not

a group of receivers who indicate they wish to receive the content

none of the mentioned

Q25 | Broadcasting delivers the content to ___________

a single client

all clients, regardless whether they want the content or not

a group of receivers who indicate they wish to receive the content

none of the mentioned