Fault Tolerance Questions & Answers

This set of SAN multiple choice questions and answers focuses on Fault Tolerance Areas.

1. Which is the most common cause of soft errors in hardware?
a) Thermal Issue
b) Cosmic Rays
c) Alpha Particile
d) Voltage Fluctuation
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

2. If X is the MTBF of a system and Y is the failure rate of the system then which one is true?
a) X * Y = 1
b) X = Y
c) NX = Y, where N is the life time
d) X/Y = N, where N is the life time
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

3. Which one of the property is NOT a requirement for Fault Tolerance?
a) Fault Containments
b) Fault Isolation
c) Dynamic Recovery
d) Fail Safe
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.
advertisement
advertisement

4. Which of the operating system architecture is suitable for FT based systems?
a) A – Monolithic Kernel
b) B – Micro Kernel
c) C – Real Time Kernel
d) D – All of the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.

5. The common mechanism used to find latent failure in memory modules:
a) Sniffing
b) Scrubbing
c) Swapping
d) Paging
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.
Sanfoundry Certification Contest of the Month is Live. 100+ Subjects. Participate Now!

6. Which one of the availability criteria is optimal for carrier grade class systems?
a) 40 seconds of down time per year
b) 40 minutes of down time per year
c) 10 minutes of down time per year
d) 10 seconds of down time per year
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

7. MTTR is the best way to characterize
a) Availability
b) Reliability
c) Fault Tolerance
d) Dependability
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.
advertisement

Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Storage Area Networks.

Here’s the list of Best Books in Storage Area Networks

advertisement

If you find a mistake in question / option / answer, kindly take a screenshot and email to [email protected]

advertisement
advertisement
Subscribe to our Newsletters (Subject-wise). Participate in the Sanfoundry Certification contest to get free Certificate of Merit. Join our social networks below and stay updated with latest contests, videos, internships and jobs!

Youtube | Telegram | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest
Manish Bhojasia - Founder & CTO at Sanfoundry
Manish Bhojasia, a technology veteran with 20+ years @ Cisco & Wipro, is Founder and CTO at Sanfoundry. He lives in Bangalore, and focuses on development of Linux Kernel, SAN Technologies, Advanced C, Data Structures & Alogrithms. Stay connected with him at LinkedIn.

Subscribe to his free Masterclasses at Youtube & discussions at Telegram SanfoundryClasses.