Distributed File Systems: File Systems that are Distributed on Multiple File Servers or Multiple Locations.

This is a computer science engineering quiz on operating systems, which includes questions related to the distributed file system.

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Which of the following is an example of utility?

Antivirus Word Operating system Data recovery

In distributed systems, a logical clock is associated with ______________.

Each instruction

Each process

Each register

None of the mentioned

If timestamps of two events are same, then the events are ____________.

Concurrent

Non-concurrent

Monotonic

Non-monotonic

If a process is executing in its critical section ____________.

Any other process can also execute in its critical section

No other process can execute in its critical section

One more process can execute in its critical section

None of the mentioned

A process can enter into its critical section ____________.

Anytime

When it receives a reply message from its parent process

When it receives a reply message from all other processes in the system

None of the mentioned

For proper synchronization in distributed systems ____________.

Prevention from the deadlock is must

Prevention from the starvation is must

Prevention from the deadlock & starvation is must

None of the mentioned

In the token passing approach of distributed systems, processes are organized in a ring structure ____________.

Logically

Physically

Both logically and physically

None of the mentioned

In distributed systems, what will the transaction coordinator do?

Starts the execution of transaction

Breaks the transaction into number of sub transactions

Coordinates the termination of the transaction

All of the mentioned

In case of failure, a new transaction coordinator can be elected by ____________.

Bully algorithm

Ring algorithm

Both bully and ring algorithm

None of the mentioned

In distributed systems, election algorithms assumes that ____________.

A unique priority number is associated with each active process in system

There is no priority number associated with any process

Priority of the processes is not required

None of the mentioned

According to the ring algorithm, links between processes are ____________.

Bidirectional

Unidirectional

Both bidirectional and unidirectional

None of the mentioned

When you start up the computer the bootup storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called__________.

Bootstrap

Power on self test (POST)

System configuration

Kernel loading

...... system is built directly on the hardware.

Environment

System

Operating

None

The purpose of run command in start menu is to____________.

Launch internet browser

Open internet explorer

Open windows explorer

Start programs

You can switch from one program to another on the desktop by clicking within the desired program’s window or by clicking on its ...... button.

Icon

Taskbar

Folder

None of above

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Distributed File Systems: File Systems that are Distributed on Multiple File Servers or Multiple Locations.
Questions: 15
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