Quiz on Distributed Systems

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

2.The capability of a system to adapt the increased service load is called __________

• a) scalability

• b) tolerance

• c) capacity

• d) none of the mentioned

3. 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

4.Distributed systems should?

• (A) high security

• (B) have better resource sharing

• (C) better system utilization

• (D) low system overhead

5.The characteristics of a distributed system are :

• (A) Resource sharing, heterogeneity, openness, security

• (B) Scalability, fault handling

• (C) Concurrency, transparency

• (D) ALL are acceptable answers

6.What are design issues in distributed system structure ?

• (A) Scalability

• (B) Fault-tolerance

• (C) Flexibility

• (D) All of the mentioned

7.All the resources are shared and integrated within one OS, in the computing paradigm named _________

• (A) Distributed computing

• (B) Centralized computing

• (C) Cloud computing

• (D) Parallel computing

8.set of highly integrated machines that run the same process in parallel is known to be ___________

• (A) Space based

• (B) Loosely coupled

• (C) Tightly coupled

• (D) Peer-to-Peer

9.Which amongst the following is not an advantage of Distributed systems?

• (A) Resource sharing

• (B) Incremental growth

• (C) Reliability

• (D) None of the above

10.What type of fault remains in the system for some period and then disappears?

• a) Permanent

• b) Transient

• c) Intermittent

• d) All of the mentioned