Operating System Questions & Answers – Distributed Operating System

This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Distributed Operating System”.

1. In distributed system, each processor has its own ___________
a) local memory
b) clock
c) both local memory and clock
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.

2. 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
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.

3. 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
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.
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4. Which technique is based on compile-time program transformation for accessing remote data in a distributed-memory parallel system?
a) cache coherence scheme
b) computation migration
c) remote procedure call
d) message passing
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

5. Logical extension of computation migration is ___________
a) process migration
b) system migration
c) thread migration
d) data migration
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.

6. Processes on the remote systems are identified by ___________
a) host ID
b) host name and identifier
c) identifier
d) process ID
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

7. Which routing technique is used in a distributed system?
a) fixed routing
b) virtual routing
c) dynamic routing
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.
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8. In distributed systems, link and site failure is detected by ___________
a) polling
b) handshaking
c) token passing
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

9. The capability of a system to adapt the increased service load is called ___________
a) scalability
b) tolerance
c) capacity
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.
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10. Internet provides _______ for remote login.
a) telnet
b) http
c) ftp
d) rpc
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

Sanfoundry Global Education & Learning Series – Operating System.

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