_______refers to the block size of the DSM system, i.e. to the units of sharing and the unit of data transfer across the network when a network block fault occurs.
Granularity
Coherence
Abstraction
Synchronization
Correct Answer :
A. Granularity
Related Questions
______________ are popular way to improve application through parallelism.
Processes
Threads
Context switching
none of these
When copying more than one file at a time, you must specify an existing directory as the ___________
Source
Sub directory
Destination.
Path name
In _______, if a processor writes the value 100 to the memory location x, this write operation will only change the contents of its local memory and will not affect the contents of the memory of any other processor.
Tightly coupled systems,
Loosely coupled systems
Parallel processing systems
File management system
The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk
Format
Fdisk
Subst
All of the above
_________, as a feature of good distributed file system, clients should be able to continue working if a file server crashes. Likewise, data must not be lost and a restarted file server must be able to recover to a valid state.
Scalability
Reliability
Flexibility
Fault tolerance
Objects location is found by _________________
Broadcasting
Encoding Location of objects within UID
Searching creator node first and then broadcasting
All A, B, C
The ___ contains commands associated with the My Computer window
Start menu
Standard menu
System menu
None of the above
In MS-DOS, the interfaces and levels of functionality are _______________
not well separated.
well separated
independent
dependent
In___________, the requesting device or devices assert the signal bus_request.
Priority encoded arbitration
Distributed arbitration by self-selection
Priority arbitration
Daisy chain arbitration
What do you mean by 0-reliable level in multicast communication?
Multiple responses is expected from any receivers.
No response is expected from any receivers.
Multiple responses is expected from multiple receivers.
A multicast message is received by all the members of the group or none.
In ________________________ each node periodically sends a message to the time server.
Passive Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Active Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Global Averaging Distributed Algorithms
Localized Averaging Distributed Algorithms
A process is already split into pieces, called________________.
Tasks
Program
Processors
Routines
__________ deals with when a modified page should be written out to secondary memory.
Cleaning policy
Fetch policy
Frame locking
None
The two sub systems of user mode layer of windows 2000 are _________ and __________
excel, executive
environment, integral
orbit , kernel
Kernel , executive
A two-byte integer called ____________is interpreted as an index into an array of inodes in a fixed, known location on disk.
an inode
an inumber
an imap
an imark
Bootstrapping is also known as ______
cold-hot boot
hot boot
hot strap
cold boot
Wiretapping to capture data in a network is an example of ________________
interruption
interception
fabrication
modification
Choose the correct statement from the following.
In computer terminology, variables are symbols which stand for some value.
An alternative method for executing the commands in the file backup is to make the file as directory.
The restricted shell gives more control to the system administrator and restricts the options of the user.
The decision making done by computer programs is in the form of conditional execution.
___________variable is not automatically created on all UNIX systems but is used by so many programs that it is considered a standard environment variable.
IFS
TERM
PATH
Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?
Quick Response System
Time Sharing System
Batch Processing System
Real Time System
Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can____hat text into another document
Copy
Paste
Transfer
None of the above
_______________occurs when two or more execution flows are able to run simultaneously.
Deadlock
Concurrency
race condition
interrupt
____________ file system allows sharing in multiple different locations grouped under one folder.
Direct
distributed
sequential
parallel
In case of ____________________transparency a file can transparently move to another server.
Location
Migration
Replication
Concurrency
A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
SRM stands for
Security Resource Manager
Secret Resource Manager
Security Reference Monitor
Security Reference Manual
The algorithm should be scalable i.e. _____________.
The system should not enter a state in which nodes spend all their time migrating processes or exchanging control messages without doing any useful work.
The system should be able to handle small and large networked systems.
The algorithm should not be affected by the crash of one or more nodes in the system.
The process assignment decisions should be based on the current load of the system and not on some fixed static policy.
______________ is a situation in which two computer programs sharing the same resource are effectively preventing each other from accessing the resource, resulting in both programs ceasing to function.
Semaphore
Deadlock
Mutual Exclusion
No preemption
The usual su command syntax is
su-pwd
su-pd
su - userID
Sue- ID
____ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
System software
Operating system
Application system
All of above