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651.

The file once created can not be changed is called

A. immutable file
B. mutex file
C. mutable file
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. mutex file
652.

What are non characteristics of session semantics ?

A. Each client obtains a working copy from the server
B. When file is closed, the modified file is copied to the file server
C. The burden of coordinating file sharing is ignored by the system
D. Easy to implement in a single processor system
Answer» E.
653.

What are the characteristics of transaction semantics ?

A. Suitable for applications that are concerned about coherence of data
B. The users of this model are interested in the atomicity property for their transaction
C. Easy to implement in a single processor system
D. Write-back enhances access performance
Answer» C. Easy to implement in a single processor system
654.

What are the characteristics of Unix semantics ?

A. Easy to implement in a single processor system
B. Data cached on a per process basis using write through case control
C. Write-back enhances access performance
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
655.

What are the three popular semantic modes ?

A. Unix, Coherent & Session semantics
B. Unix, Transaction & Session semantics
C. Coherent, Transaction & Session semantics
D. Session, Coherent semantics
Answer» C. Coherent, Transaction & Session semantics
656.

What is coherency of replicated data ?

A. All replicas are identical at all times
B. Replicas are perceived as identical only at some points in time
C. Users always read the most recent data in the replicas
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
657.

What are characteristic of NFS protocol ?

A. Search for file within directory
B. Read a set of directory entries
C. Manipulate links and directories
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
658.

What are the advantages of file replication ?

A. Improves availability & performance
B. Decreases performance
C. They are consistent
D. Improves speed
Answer» B. Decreases performance
659.

Implementation of a stateless file server must not follow ?

A. Idempotency requirement
B. Encryption of keys
C. File locking mechanism
D. Cache consistency
Answer» C. File locking mechanism
660.

What are the characteristics of stateless server ?

A. Easier to implement
B. They are not fault-tolerant upon client or server failures
C. They store all information file server
D. They are redundant to keep data safe
Answer» B. They are not fault-tolerant upon client or server failures
661.

What is a stateless file server ?

A. It keeps tracks of states of different objects
B. It maintains internally no state information at all
C. It maintains some information in them
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. It maintains some information in them
662.

Which is not an examples of state information ?

A. Mounting information
B. Description of HDD space
C. Session keys
D. Lock status
Answer» C. Session keys
663.

What are examples of state information ?

A. opened files and their clients
B. file descriptors and file handles
C. current file position pointers
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
664.

What is networked virtual memory ?

A. Caching
B. Segmentation
C. RAM disk
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Segmentation
665.

What is the advantage of caching in remote file access ?

A. Reduced network traffic by retaining recently accessed disk blocks
B. Faster network access
C. Copies of data creates backup automatically
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Faster network access
666.

What are the different ways mounting of file system ?

A. boot mounting
B. auto mounting
C. explicit mounting
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
667.

Which is not a major components of file system ?

A. Directory service
B. Authorization service
C. Shadow service
D. System service
Answer» D. System service
668.

What are the different ways file accesses take place ?

A. sequential access
B. direct access
C. indexed sequential access
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
669.

What are characteristic of a DFS ?

A. Fault tolerance
B. Scalability
C. Heterogeneity of the system
D. Upgradation
Answer» E.
670.

What are not the characteristics of a DFS ?

A. login transparency and access transparency
B. Files need not contain information about their physical location
C. No Multiplicity of users
D. No Multiplicity if files
Answer» D. No Multiplicity if files
671.

What are the different ways in which clients and servers are dispersed across machines ?

A. Servers may not run on dedicated machines
B. Servers and clients can be on same machines
C. Distribution cannot be interposed between a OS and the file system
D. OS cannot be distributed with the file system a part of that distribution
Answer» C. Distribution cannot be interposed between a OS and the file system
672.

What are important step followed when recovery from failure happens ?

A. Post repairing integration with main system should happen smoothly and gracefully
B. Upon link failure both parties at end must not be notified
C. Fault recovery system must me adjusted
D. Failures are logged systematically
Answer» B. Upon link failure both parties at end must not be notified
673.

In which OSI layer encryption and decryption happens ?

A. Application
B. Presentation
C. Transport
D. Data Link
Answer» C. Transport
674.

What are design issues in distributed system structure ?

A. Scalability
B. Fault-tolerance
C. Clustering
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
675.

What are different ways distributed may suffer ?

A. Failure of a link
B. Failure of a site
C. Loss of message
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
676.

Which of the following is an application layer service ?

A. Mail service
B. File transfer
C. Remote access
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
677.

Which layer lies between transport layer and data link layer ?

A. Physical
B. Network
C. Application
D. Session
Answer» C. Application
678.

Header are ______ when data packet moves from upper to the lower layers ?

A. Modified
B. Removed
C. Added
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
679.

Which layer is the layer closest to the transmission medium ?

A. Physical
B. Data link
C. Network
D. Transport
Answer» B. Data link
680.

Which layer is responsible for The process-to-process delivery ?

A. Network
B. Transport
C. Application
D. Physical
Answer» C. Application
681.

How many layers does Internet model ISO consists of ?

A. Three
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Eight
Answer» D. Eight
682.

What is common problem found in distributed system ?

A. Process Synchronization
B. Communication synchronization
C. Deadlock problem
D. Power failure
Answer» D. Power failure
683.

How is are collisions avoided in network ?

A. Carrier sense with multiple access (CSMA); collision detection (CD)
B. Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
C. Message slots
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
684.

What are connection strategies not used in distributed systems ?

A. Circuit switching
B. Message switching
C. Token switching
D. Packet switching
Answer» D. Packet switching
685.

What are routing strategies which is not used in distributed systems ?

A. Fixed routing
B. Token routing
C. Virtual circuit
D. Dynamic routing
Answer» D. Dynamic routing
686.

What are characteristics of Naming and Name resolution ?

A. name systems in the network
B. address messages with the process-id
C. virtual circuit
D. message switching
Answer» C. virtual circuit
687.

Which design features of a communication network are important ?

A. Naming and name resolution
B. Routing strategies
C. Connection strategies
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
688.

What are sites in network topology compared ?

A. Basic cost
B. Communication cost
C. Reliability
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
689.

What are valid network topology ?

A. Multiaccess bus
B. Ring
C. Star
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
690.

What are parts of network structure ?

A. Workstation
B. Gateway
C. Laptop
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
691.

What are characteristics of process migration ?

A. transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required
B. transfer the computation rather than the data
C. execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
692.

What are characteristics of computation migration ?

A. transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required
B. transfer the computation rather than the data
C. execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites
693.

What are characteristics of data migration ?

A. transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required
B. transfer the computation rather than the data
C. execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. transfer the computation rather than the data
694.

What are characteristics of Distributed Operating system ?

A. Users are aware of multiplicity of machines
B. Access is done like local resources
C. Users are aware of multiplicity of machines
D. They have multiple zones to access files
Answer» C. Users are aware of multiplicity of machines
695.

How are access to resources of various machines is done ?

A. Remote logging using ssh or telnet
B. Zone are configured for automatic access
C. FTP is not used
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Zone are configured for automatic access
696.

What are characteristic of Network Operating Systems ?

A. Users are aware of multiplicity of machines
B. They are transparent
C. They are simple to use
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. They are transparent
697.

What are types of distributed operating system ?

A. Network Operating system
B. Zone based Operating system
C. Level based Operating system
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Zone based Operating system
698.

What is not a major reason for building distributed systems ?

A. Resource sharing
B. Computation speedup
C. Reliability
D. Simplicity
Answer» E.
699.

What are characteristics of distributed file system ?

A. Its users, servers and storage devices are dispersed
B. Service activity is not carried out across the network
C. They have single centralized data repository
D. There are multiple dependent storage devices
Answer» B. Service activity is not carried out across the network
700.

What are characteristics of processor in distributed system ?

A. They vary in size and function
B. They are same in size and function
C. They are manufactured with single purpose
D. They are real-time devices
Answer» B. They are same in size and function