DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

In distributed system, each processor has its own ___________

• a) local memory

• b) clock

• c) both local memory and clock

• d) none of the mentioned

The capability of a system to adapt the increased service load is called ___________

• a) scalability

• b) tolerance

• c) capacity

• d) none of the mentioned

If one site fails in distributed system then ___________

• a) the remaining sites can continue operating

• b) all the sites will stop working

• c) directly connected sites will stop working

• d) none of the mentioned

Network operating system runs on ___________

• a) server

• b) every system in the network

• c) both server and every system in the network

• d) none of the mentioned

Processes on the remote systems are identified by ___________

• a) host ID

• b) host name and identifier

• c) identifier

• d) process ID

Which routing technique is used in a distributed system?

• a) fixed routing

• b) virtual routing

• c) dynamic routing

• d) all of the mentioned

An RPC (remote procedure call) is initiated by the _________

• a) server

• b) client

• c) client after the sever

• d) a third party

A remote procedure call is _______

• a) inter-process communication

• b) a single process

• c) a single thread

• d) a single stream

RPC works between two processes. These processes must be ____________

• a) on the same computer

• b) on different computers connected with a network

• c) on the same computer and also on different computers connected with a network

• d) on none of the computers

RPC is a _________

• a) synchronous operation

• b) asynchronous operation

• c) time independent operation

• d) channel specific operation