Module 2 - Questions and Answers on Distributed Communication

Question 1

Remote Procedure Calls are used :

Accepted Answer

for communication between two processes on separate systems

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for communication between two processes remotely different from each other on the same system

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for communication between two processes on the same system

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none of the above

Question 2

To differentiate the many network services a system supports ______ are used.

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Ports

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Variables

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Sockets

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Service names

Question 3

RPC provides a(an) _____ on the client side, a separate one for each remote procedure.

Accepted Answer

stub

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identifier

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name

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process identifier

Question 4

The stub :

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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transmits the message to the server where the server side stub receives the message and invokes procedure on the server side

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packs the parameters into a form transmittable over the network

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locates the port on the server

Question 5

To resolve the problem of data representation on different systems RPCs define _____________

Accepted Answer

machine-independent representation of data

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machine dependent representation of data

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machine representation of data

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none of the above

Question 6

The full form of RMI :

Accepted Answer

Remote Method Invocation

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Remote Memory Installation

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Remote Memory Invocation

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Remote Method Installation

Question 7

The remote method invocation :

Accepted Answer

allows a thread to invoke a method on a remote object

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allows a process to invoke memory on a remote object

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allows a thread to invoke memory on a remote object

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allows a process to invoke a method on a remote object

Question 8

A process that is based on IPC mechanism which executes on different systems and can communicate with other processes using message based communication, is called ________

Accepted Answer

Remote Procedure Call

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Local Procedure Call

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Inter Process Communication

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Remote Machine Invocation

Question 9

The initial program that is run when the computer is powered up is called :

Accepted Answer

bootstrap program

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boot program

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bootloader

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initializer

Question 10

How does the software trigger an interrupt ?

Accepted Answer

Executing a special operation called system call

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Sending signals to CPU through bus

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Executing a special program called system program

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Executing a special program call, an interrupt trigger program

Question 11

What is a trap/exception ?

Accepted Answer

software generated interrupt caused by an error

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hardware generated interrupt caused by an error

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user generated interrupt caused by an error

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none of the above

Question 12

What is an ISR ?

Accepted Answer

Interrupt Service Routine

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Information Service Request

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Interrupt Service Request

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Information Service Routine

Question 13

An interrupt vector

Accepted Answer

is an address that is indexed to an interrupt handler

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is a unique device number that is indexed by an address

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is a unique identity given to an interrupt

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none of the mentioned

Question 14

DMA is used for :

Accepted Answer

High speed devices(disks and communications network)

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Low speed devices

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Utilizing CPU cycles

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All of the Above

Question 15

In a memory mapped input/output (PIO) :

Accepted Answer

the CPU writes one data byte to the data register and sets a bit in control register to show that a byte is available

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the CPU uses polling to watch the control bit constantly, looping to see if device is ready

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the CPU receives an interrupt when the device is ready for the next byte

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the CPU runs a user written code and does accordingly

Question 16

In an interrupt driven input/output :

Accepted Answer

the CPU receives an interrupt when the device is ready for the next byte

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the CPU uses polling to watch the control bit constantly, looping to see if device is ready

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the CPU writes one data byte to the data register and sets a bit in control register to show that a byte is available

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the CPU runs a user written code and does accordingly

Question 17

In the layered approach of Operating Systems :

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Highest Layer(N) is the User interface

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Bottom Layer(0) is the User interface

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Bottom Layer(N) is the hardware

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Highest Layer(N) is the hardware

Question 18

How does the Hardware trigger an interrupt ?

Accepted Answer

Sending signals to CPU through system bus

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Executing a special program called interrupt program

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Executing a special program called system program

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Executing a special operation called system call

Question 19

Which operation is performed by an interrupt handler ?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

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Saving the current state of the system

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Loading the interrupt handling code and executing it

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Once done handling, bringing back the system to the original state it was before the interrupt occurred

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