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WorksheetsDISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
Which of the following approaches are used to achieve reliable systems?
a) Fault prevention
b) Fault removal
c) Fault tolerance
d) All of the mentioned
Which of the following Error Detection checks is not a part of Application detection?
a) Hardware checks
b) Timing checks
c) Reversal checks
d) Coding checks
All fault-tolerant techniques rely on
a) Integrity
b) Dependability
c) Redundancy
d) None of the mentioned
What type of fault remains in the system for some period and then disappears?
a) Permanent
b) Transient
c) Intermittent
d) All of the mentioned
Which amongst the following is not an advantage of Distributed systems?
(A) Resource sharing
(B) Incremental growth
(C) Reliability
(D) None of the above
Set of highly integrated machines that run the same process in parallel is known to be ___________
Space based
Loosely coupled
Tightly coupled
Peer-to-Peer
Distributed systems should?
high security
have better resource sharing
better system utilization
low system overhead
The characteristics of a distributed system are :
Resource sharing, heterogeneity, openness, security
Scalability, fault handling
Concurrency, transparency
ALL are acceptable answers
What are design issues in distributed system structure ?
Scalability
Fault-tolerance
Flexibility
All of the mentioned
All the resources are shared and integrated within one OS, in the computing paradigm named _________
Distributed computing
Centralized computing
Cloud computing
Parallel computing
