Chapter 9 · MCQ Read Mode

Real Time Systems, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing

A real-time system's correctness depends on:

In a hard real-time system, missing a deadline is considered:

Which real-time scheduling approach relies on a static, precomputed schedule?

Which algorithm assigns dynamic priority based on the nearest absolute deadline?

EDF is optimal in the sense that:

The Rate Monotonic algorithm assigns priority based on:

Which algorithm is optimal specifically among FIXED-priority algorithms for periodic tasks?

Least-Slack-Time-first (LST) scheduling prioritizes the task with:

A sporadic job differs from an aperiodic job mainly because it has:

Offline scheduling differs from online scheduling in that it:

Priority inversion occurs when:

The Basic Priority-Inheritance Protocol addresses blocking by:

In the Priority-Ceiling Protocol, a resource's 'ceiling' is defined as:

One major benefit of the Priority-Ceiling Protocol is that it:

Non-preemptive critical sections are a simple RAC approach where:

Hard real-time communication is characterized by:

Weighted Round-Robin (WRR) as a network service discipline is used to:

Which protocol type governs how nodes share access to a common broadcast transmission medium?

RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol) is used on the internet to:

The Stack-Based Priority-Ceiling Protocol is specifically designed for:

A distributed system is best described as:

Which of the following is NOT typically listed as a characteristic of distributed systems?

Which model of distributed systems has no central server, with nodes communicating directly?

Cluster computing is typically characterized by:

Grid computing differs from cluster computing mainly in that grid computing is:

Which of the following is one of the five desired features of cloud computing (per NIST)?

Cloud computing's roots can be traced back to:

A major risk associated with cloud computing is:

Which of these is a key benefit of cloud computing?

A key challenge in resource sharing over the web is:

RPC (Remote Procedure Call) allows a program to:

In a File Service Architecture, which component maps human-readable file names to file identifiers?

Sun NFS classic versions (NFSv2/v3) follow which server design?

DNS (Domain Name System) is best described as:

Middleware in a distributed system primarily serves to:

CORBA's Interface Definition Language (IDL) is used to:

The component in CORBA responsible for routing method calls between distributed objects is the:

Which of these is a standard CORBA service?

A discovery service in a distributed system is used to:

Comparing different DFS implementations, such as NFS and AFS, typically considers differences in:

A Type 1 (bare-metal) hypervisor:

Which type of virtualization allows an application to run in an isolated environment without being fully installed on the local OS?

A private cloud is characterized by:

Which cloud service model provides virtualized computing infrastructure such as servers and storage?

Google App Engine is a well-known example of which cloud service model?

Which cloud deployment model combines both public and private cloud resources?

Dynamic resource provisioning differs from static provisioning because it:

Cloud infrastructure security must be addressed at which levels?

Which of the following is a key privacy issue specific to cloud computing?

Multi-tenancy in cloud computing refers to:

Why is clock synchronization needed in a distributed system?

Lamport's logical clocks order events using which relation?

Which physical clock synchronization algorithm has a coordinator poll all nodes and compute an average time?

In centralized distributed mutual exclusion, the main drawback is:

Which distributed mutual exclusion approach uses a circulating token, allowing only its holder to enter the critical section?

The Ricart-Agrawala algorithm is an example of which type of mutual exclusion approach?

A fault-tolerant system continues to operate correctly despite failures mainly through the use of:

In active replication, how do replicas handle incoming requests?

In passive replication, which replica processes client requests?

Quorum-based replication considers an operation successful only when:

The Fourier Transform is used to:

When a square wave is applied to an integrator op-amp circuit, the output is:

The Z-transform is primarily used for:

Interleaving in digital communications provides what type of diversity?

In FDM, increasing the modulation index results in:

Adding zeros to the end of a discrete signal before taking its DFT is called:

In TDM (Time Division Multiplexing), the component essential for recovering individual channels at the receiver is:

In a common-collector (emitter follower) BJT amplifier, the phase relationship between input and output is: