Distributed Communication: Communication Between Two Processes in a Distributed System

This is a Computer Science Engineering quiz based on operating systems, in which you will find questions related to distributed communication.

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What is the full form of RMI?

Remote Memory Installation Remote Memory Invocation Remote Method Installation Remote Method Invocation

RPC provides a(an) _____ on the client-side, a separate one for each remote procedure.

stub identifier name process identifier

Remote Procedure Calls are used ____________.

For communication between two processes remotely different from each other on the same system

For communication between two processes on the same system

For communication between two processes on separate systems

None of the mentioned

To resolve the problem of data representation on different systems RPCs define _____________.

Machine dependent representation of data

Machine representation of data

Machine-independent representation of data

None of the mentioned

What is stub?

Transmits the message to the server where the server side stub receives the message and invokes a procedure on the server side

Packs the parameters into a form transmittable over the network

Locates the port on the server

All of the mentioned

Which of the following is program group?

Accessories Paint Word All of above

Which is not application software?

Windows NT Page Maker WinWord XP Photoshop

A co-processor?

Is relatively easy to support in software

Causes all processor to function equally

Works with any application

Is quite common in modern computer

A Microsoft Windows is a(n):

Operating system

Graphic program

Word Processing

Database program

The ...... program compresses large files into a smaller file.

WinZip

WinShrink

WinStyle

None of these

How does the software trigger an interrupt?

Sending signals to CPU through bus Executing a special operation called system call Executing a special program called system program Executing a special program called interrupt trigger program

What is an ISR?

Information Service Request Interrupt Service Request Interrupt Service Routine Information Service Routine

What is an interrupt vector?

It is an address that is indexed to an interrupt handler It is a unique device number that is indexed by an address It is a unique identity given to an interrupt None of the mentioned

The initial program that is run when the computer is powered up is called __________.

Boot program

Bootloader

Initializer

Bootstrap program

What is a trap/exception?

Hardware generated interrupt caused by an error

Software generated interrupt caused by an error

User generated interrupt caused by an error

None of the mentioned

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Title: Distributed Communication: Communication Between Two Processes in a Distributed System