This is a computer science engineering quiz on operating systems, which includes questions based on the distributed operating systems.
Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?
In distributed system, each processor has its own ___________.
Local memory
Clock
Both local memory and clock
None of the mentioned
If one site fails in distributed system then ___________.
The remaining sites can continue operating
All the sites will stop working
Directly connected sites will stop working
None of the mentioned
Network operating system runs on ___________.
Server
Every system in the network
Both server and every system in the network
None of the mentioned
Which technique is based on compile-time program transformation for accessing remote data in a distributed-memory parallel system?
Cache coherence scheme
Computation migration
Remote procedure call
Message passing
Processes on the remote systems are identified by ___________.
Host ID
Host name and identifier
Identifier
Process ID
Logical extension of computation migration is ___________.
Process migration
System migration
Thread migration
Data migration
Which routing technique is used in a distributed system?
Fixed routing
Virtual routing
Dynamic routing
All of the mentioned
In distributed systems, link and site failure is detected by ___________.
Polling
Handshaking
Token passing
None of the mentioned
The capability of a system to adapt to the increased service load is called ___________.
Scalability
Tolerance
Capacity
None of the mentioned
Internet provides _______ for remote login.
Telnet
Http
Ftp
Rpc
An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP?
Home edition
Media center edition
Tablet PC edition
None of the above
The ....... contains commands associated with the My Computer window.
Standard menu
Start menu
System menu
None of the above
Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program?
Operating environment
Operating system
System environment
None
The operating system is the most common type of ...... Software.
Communication
Application
System
Word processing software