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This section includes 228 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer Science Engineering (CSE) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
101. |
Which mutual exclusion algorithm is useful when the membership of the group is unknown? |
A. | centralized |
B. | lamport’s. |
C. | token ring |
D. | decentralized algorithm |
Answer» B. lamport’s. | |
102. |
Which event is concurrent with the vector clock (2, 8, 4)? |
A. | (3,9,5) |
B. | (3,8,4) |
C. | (1,7,3) |
D. | (4,8,2) |
Answer» E. | |
103. |
A client gets a timestamp of 4:12:30.500 from a time server. The elapsed time between the request and response was 20 msec (0.020 sec). The current time on the client is 4:12:30.510. Using Cristian’s algorithm, what is the time set to on the client? |
A. | 1970-01-01 04:12:30 |
B. | 1970-01-01 04:12:30 |
C. | 1970-01-01 04:12:32 |
D. | 1970-01-01 04:12:32 |
Answer» D. 1970-01-01 04:12:32 | |
104. |
Absolute time synchronization can be achieved using |
A. | vector time stamping method |
B. | christian’s method |
C. | lamport’s method |
D. | ricart-agrawala algorithm |
Answer» C. lamport’s method | |
105. |
Which of the following is an example of election algorithm. |
A. | berkley algorithm: |
B. | bully algorithm. |
C. | cristian’s algorithm |
D. | lamport’s |
Answer» C. cristian’s algorithm | |
106. |
For each critical section (CS) execution, Ricart-Agrawala algorithm requires                         messages per CS execution and the Synchronization delay in the algorithm is                          . |
A. | 3(n − 1), t |
B. | 2(n − 1), t |
C. | (n − 1), 2t |
D. | (n − 1), t |
Answer» C. (n − 1), 2t | |
107. |
NTP is                      layer protocol. |
A. | application |
B. | session |
C. | transport |
D. | physical |
Answer» B. session | |
108. |
For each critical section (CS) execution, maekawa’s algorithm requires                         messages per CS execution and the Synchronization delay in the algorithm is                          . |
A. | √n , t |
B. | 2√n , t |
C. | 3√n , t |
D. | 3√n , 2t |
Answer» E. | |
109. |
RAYMOND'S TREE BASED ALGORITHM is an |
A. | non- token based algorithm. |
B. | token based algorithm. |
C. | centralized based algorithm |
D. | physical clock synchronization algorithm. |
Answer» C. centralized based algorithm | |
110. |
Which algorithm requires "1 to ∞" messages to enter and leave a critical region? |
A. | token ring algorithm |
B. | centralized algorithm |
C. | decentralized algorithm |
D. | distributed algorithm |
Answer» B. centralized algorithm | |
111. |
Pretransfering also known as |
A. | premigrating |
B. | precopying |
C. | prefiltering |
D. | postcopying |
Answer» C. prefiltering | |
112. |
Full form of NTP is: |
A. | network time protocol |
B. | new time protocol |
C. | new timestamp protocol |
D. | network timestamp protocol |
Answer» B. new time protocol | |
113. |
change the state of thread from suspe |
A. | run() |
B. | yield() |
C. | destroy() |
D. | start() |
Answer» E. | |
114. |
Suzuki-Kasami's Broadcast Algorithm is an |
A. | non- token based algorithm. |
B. | token based algorithm. |
C. | centralized based algorithm |
D. | physical clock synchronization algorithm. |
Answer» C. centralized based algorithm | |
115. |
Distributed syatem consists of set of resour |
A. | printer |
B. | processor |
C. | cd |
D. | processes |
Answer» C. cd | |
116. |
This is not feature of cooperative algorithm |
A. | complex |
B. | larger overhead |
C. | worst stability |
D. | better stability |
Answer» D. better stability | |
117. |
What are the characteristics of data migration? |
A. | transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required |
B. | transfer the computation rather than the data |
C. | execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites |
D. | execute an entire process or parts of it at same site |
Answer» B. transfer the computation rather than the data | |
118. |
How is access to resources of various machines is done? |
A. | remote logging using ssh or telnet |
B. | zone are configured for automatic access |
C. | ftp is not used |
D. | ftp is used |
Answer» B. zone are configured for automatic access | |
119. |
What are the characteristics of computation migration? |
A. | transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required |
B. | transfer the computation rather than the data |
C. | execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites |
D. | execute an entire process or parts of it at same site |
Answer» C. execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites | |
120. |
What are the characteristics of process migr |
A. | transfer data by entire file or immediate portion required |
B. | transfer the computation rather than the data |
C. | execute an entire process or parts of it at different sites |
D. | execute an entire process or parts of it at same site |
Answer» D. execute an entire process or parts of it at same site | |
121. |
Absolute time ordering of all shared accesses matters in |
A. | sequential consistency |
B. | casual consistency |
C. | strict consistency |
D. | weak consistency |
Answer» D. weak consistency | |
122. |
In which of the following consistency model all writes become perceptible to all processes |
A. | strict |
B. | weak |
C. | casual |
D. | sequential |
Answer» B. weak | |
123. |
Any successive write operation by a process on a data item x will be performed on a copy of x that is up to date with the value most recently read by that process. |
A. | monotonic-write |
B. | writes follows reads |
C. | read your writes |
D. | monotonic-read |
Answer» C. read your writes | |
124. |
In Casual consistency model all processes shared accesses in |
A. | random order |
B. | same order |
C. | sequential order |
D. | specific order |
Answer» C. sequential order | |
125. |
replicas are used only to improve access time on data |
A. | client initiated |
B. | server initiated |
C. | permanent |
D. | dynamic |
Answer» B. server initiated | |
126. |
In                                  receivers never acknowledge the successful delivery of multicast message but instead report only when missing the message. |
A. | basic reliable multicasting |
B. | non-hierarchical feedback control |
C. | hierarchical feedback control |
D. | atomic multicast |
Answer» C. hierarchical feedback control | |
127. |
                 consistency is that write operations by the same process are performed in the correct order everywhere. |
A. | weak |
B. | strict |
C. | eventual |
D. | fifo |
Answer» E. | |
128. |
A problem with the                  protocol is that when the coordinator has crashed, participants may not be able to reach a final decision. |
A. | one-phase commit |
B. | three-phase commit |
C. | two-phase commit |
D. | virtual synchrony |
Answer» D. virtual synchrony | |
129. |
Optimistic logging protocols need to keep track of |
A. | independencies |
B. | checking points |
C. | dependencies |
D. | erroneous state |
Answer» D. erroneous state | |
130. |
Processor Consistency model guarantees and conforms that |
A. | all write accomplished on identical memory location in identical sequence. |
B. | all write accomplished on random memory location in random sequence |
C. | all write accomplished on random memory location in identical sequence |
D. | all write accomplished on identical memory location in random order |
Answer» B. all write accomplished on random memory location in random sequence | |
131. |
Staleness deviations relate to the a replica was updated. |
A. | first time |
B. | most recent time |
C. | last time |
D. | previous time |
Answer» D. previous time | |
132. |
The dynamic replication algorithm takes into account |
A. | to reduce load on server |
B. | files on server can be migrated anywhere |
C. | schedule process migration |
D. | resource sharing |
Answer» B. files on server can be migrated anywhere | |
133. |
To improve performance, many distributed systems |
A. | combine check pointing with recovery oriented computing |
B. | combine check pointing with message logging |
C. | combine check pointing with distributed commit |
D. | combine distributed commit with message logging. |
Answer» C. combine check pointing with distributed commit | |
134. |
File Replication is done to |
A. | increase complexity |
B. | increase cost |
C. | increase reliability |
D. | increase data |
Answer» D. increase data | |
135. |
in NFS which funtion is used for creating new file? |
A. | open() |
B. | create() |
C. | develope() |
D. | null() |
Answer» C. develope() | |
136. |
which command is used to create a directory |
A. | rmdir |
B. | symlink |
C. | mkdir |
D. | open |
Answer» D. open | |
137. |
datanodes and namenode are two elements of which file system? |
A. | afs |
B. | hdfs |
C. | nfs |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. nfs | |
138. |
In distributed file system, DNS stands for? |
A. | domain name system |
B. | domain name server |
C. | directory name service |
D. | disk name system |
Answer» B. domain name server | |
139. |
NFS file System uses Mechanism |
A. | rpc |
B. | corba |
C. | rmi |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. corba | |
140. |
In which file system mapreduce function is used? |
A. | afs |
B. | nfs |
C. | hdfs |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
141. |
map and reduce are |
A. | libraries |
B. | functions |
C. | file system |
D. | os |
Answer» C. file system | |
142. |
In HDFS file System, A Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â serves as the master and there is only one NameNode per cluster |
A. | data node |
B. | namenode |
C. | replication |
D. | data block |
Answer» C. replication | |
143. |
HDFS works in a fashion. |
A. | master-master |
B. | master-slave |
C. | slave-slave |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. slave-slave | |
144. |
In HDFS file System, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NameNode is used when the Primary NameNode goes down. |
A. | rack |
B. | data |
C. | secondary |
D. | primary |
Answer» D. primary | |
145. |
In context of HDFS file system, Point out the wrong statement. |
A. | replication factor can be configured at a cluster level (default is set to 3) and also at a file level |
B. | block report from each datanode contains a list of all the blocks that are stored on that datanode |
C. | user data is stored on the local file system of datanodes |
D. | datanode is aware of the files to which the blocks stored on it belong to |
Answer» E. | |
146. |
In distributed file system,XDR stands for? |
A. | external data request |
B. | external device request |
C. | external data recovery |
D. | external data representation |
Answer» E. | |
147. |
In HDFS, . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â is the slave/worker node and holds the user data in the form of Data Blocks. |
A. | datanode |
B. | namenode |
C. | data block |
D. | replication |
Answer» B. namenode | |
148. |
Session file sharing semantics are suitable for caching |
A. | complete folder |
B. | complete file |
C. | one byte |
D. | one block |
Answer» C. one byte | |
149. |
If file system is growing without affecting performance of the system then this feature is called as? |
A. | union |
B. | portable |
C. | robust |
D. | scalability |
Answer» E. | |
150. |
Storing file in                 makes it permanently available |
A. | secondary memory |
B. | ram |
C. | register |
D. | dram |
Answer» B. ram | |