Unit 1 DCS MCQs

Q.1 What is not a benefit of distributed systems

a. Computer supported cooperative networking

b. Price/ Performance ratio

c. Quick updates are possible

d. Remote services

ans c

Q.2 Which of these is not a characteristic of distributed systems

a. Security

b. Ease of Establishing

c. Openness

d. Transparency

ans b

Q.3 Which category of multiprocessor is good for scaling?

a. Bus-Based

b. Switch based

c. Both of them

d. None of them

ans b

Q.4 which layer is always distributed in Middleware, Network OS and Distributed OS?

a. Kernel

b. OS

c. Hardware

d. Applications

ans d

Q.5 Which of these is not a type of Architectural style in Distributed systems

a. Client Server Architecture

b. Vertical Distribution (Multi-tier)

c. Call and return architecture

d. Peer to Peer

ans c

Q.6 In which of the following all systems are equivalent in capacities of providing services

a. Vertical Distribution

b. Hybrid

c. Client Server

d. Peer to Peer

ans d

Q.7 “The variation in time taken to deliver series of messages” is called

a. Jitter

b. Latency

c. Bandwidth

d. None of the Above

ans a

Q.8 “The delay between the start of a message’s transfer from one process and launching or
beginning of its receipt by another process” is called

a. Jitter

b. Latency

c. Bandwidth

d. None of the Above

ans b

Q.9 “Total amount of information that can be transferred over a computer network in a given time”
is called

a. Jitter

b. Latency

c. Bandwidth

d. None of the Above

ans c

Q.10 What do you mean by Byzantine Failure

a. Fail-Stop failure

b. Crash Failure

c. Arbitrary failure

d. Omission failure

ans c

Q.11 Failure Masking is related to-

a. Fault tolerance

b. Openness

c. Distribution

d. Mobility

ans a

Q.12 In which architecture, the processes are loosely coupled

a. Data- Centric architecture

b. Layered Architecture

c. Object Based Architecture

d. Event based architecture

ans d

Q.13 “only those with sufficient privilege can access data” is called-

a. Integrity

b. Confidentiality

c. Availability

d. Atomicity

ans b

Q.14 “The system is persistently ready for collaboration with other systems” is termed as-
a. Transparency

b. Openness

c. Fault Tolerant

d. High connectivity

ans b

Q.15 which type of transparency hides from an object the ability of a system to change the objects
location?

a. Location Transparency

b. Migration Transparency

c. Relocation Transparency

d. Concurrency transparency

ans b

Q.16 Which transparency hides where an object resides

a. Location Transparency

b. Migration Transparency

c. Relocation Transparency

d. Concurrency transparency

ans a

Q.17 Which transparency hides from the client its ability to change location of object to which client
is bound.

a. Location Transparency

b. Migration Transparency

c. Relocation Transparency

d. Concurrency transparency

ans c

Q.18 Which transparency hides coordination of activities between objects to achieve consistency at?

a higher level

a. Location Transparency
b. Migration Transparency

c. Relocation Transparency

d. Concurrency transparency

ans d

Q.19 Which type of distribution involved replicating or coping a servers functionality over multiple
computers?

a. Vertical Distribution

b. Horizontal distribution

c. Peer to Peer

d. Hybrid

ans d

Q.20 Which type of distribution involved splitting servers functionality over multiple computers?

a. Vertical Distribution

b. Horizontal distribution

c. Peer to Peer

d. Hybrid

ans a

Q.21 What is the full form of HTTP ?

a. Hypertext Transfer Protocol

b. Hypertext Transmit Protocol

c. Hypertext Transport Protocol

d. Hyperlink Transfer Protocol

ans a

Q.22 The rate at which a network sends or receives data is called

a. Bandwidth

b. Throughput

c. Latency

d. Time drift
ans b

Q. 23 Which transparency hides the fact that object may be (partly) passivized by the system

a. Concurrency transparency

b. Persistence transparency

c. Access transparency

d. Failure transparency

ans b

Q.24 Which type of transparency ensures that the system keeps running even when the resources
increase suddenly

a. Failure transparency

b. Performance transparency

c. Concurrency transparency

d. Scalability Transparency

ans d

Q.25 Which of the Following is not a part of CIA Triangle

a. Confidentiality

b. Availability

c. Accessibility

d. Integrity

ans c