Question 1

Which one of the following is the characteristic of a multimedia system?

Accepted Answer

A)  high storage
B)  high data rates
C)  both high storage and high data rates
D)  none of the mentioned C

Question 2

What is multimedia file?

Accepted Answer

A)  is same as any other regular file
B)  must be accessed at specific rate
C)  stored on remote server can not be delivered to its client
D)  none of the mentioned B

Question 3

What is the mount point?

Accepted Answer

A)  an empty directory at which the mounted file system will be attached
B)  a location where every time file systems are mounted
C)  is the time when the mounting is done
D)  none of the mentioned A

Question 4

The three general methods for delivering content from a server to a client across a network are ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  unicasting
B)  multicasting
C)  broadcasting
D)  all of the mentioned

Question 5

Multimedia system require hard real time scheduling ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  to ensure critical tasks will be serviced within timing deadlines
B)  to deliver the media file to the client
C)  to minimize the delay
D)  for security

Question 6

In which type of streaming multimedia file is delivered to the client, but not shared?

Accepted Answer

A)  real-time streaming
B)  progressive download
C)  compression
D)  none of the mentioned

Question 7

What are the characteristics of processor in distributed system?

Accepted Answer

A)  they vary in size and function
B)  they are same in size and function
C)  they are manufactured with single purpose
D)  they are real-time devices

Question 8

In distributed file system ________________ directories are visible from the local machine.

Accepted Answer

A)  protected
B)  local
C)  private
D)  remote

Question 9

Unicasting delivers the content to ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  a single client
B)  all clients, regardless whether they want the content or not
C)  a group of receivers who indicate they wish to receive the content
D)  none of the mentioned

Question 10

Distributed naming services/Distributed information systems have been devised to _____________

Accepted Answer

A)  provide information about all the systems
B)  provide unified access to the information needed for remote computing
C)  provide unique names to all systems in a network
D)  all of the mentioned

Question 11

What is not true about a distributed system?

Accepted Answer

A)  it is a collection of processor
B)  all processors are synchronized
C)  they do not share memory
D)  none of the mentioned

Question 12

Which of the following are the two parts of the file name?

Accepted Answer

A)  name & identifier
B)  identifier & type
C)  extension & name
D)  type & extension

Question 13

Domain name system provides _____________

Accepted Answer

A)  host-name-to-network-address translations for the entire internet
B)  network-address-to-host-name translations for the entire internet
C)  binary to hex translations for the entire internet
D)  all of the mentioned

Question 14

The delay that occur during the playback of a stream is called ___________

Accepted Answer

A)  stream delay
B)  playback delay
C)  jitter
D)  event delay

Question 15

When a file system is mounted over a directory that is not empty then _____________

Accepted Answer

A)  the system may not allow the mount
B)  the system must allow the mount
C)  the system may allow the mount and the directory's existing files will then be made obscure
D)  all of the mentioned

Question 16

Mapping of file is managed by ____________

Accepted Answer

A)  file metadata
B)  page table
C)  virtual memory
D)  file system

Question 17

To create a file ____________

Accepted Answer

A)  allocate the space in file system
B)  make an entry for new file in directory
C)  allocate the space in file system & make an entry for new file in directory
D)  none of the mentioned

Question 18

Mapping of network file system protocol to local file system is done by ____________

Accepted Answer

A)  network file system
B)  local file system
C)  volume manager
D)  remote mirror

Question 19

What is the mounting of file system?

Accepted Answer

A)  crating of a filesystem
B)  deleting a filesystem
C)  attaching portion of the file system into a directory structure
D)  removing the portion of the file system into a directory structure

Question 20

Broadcasting delivers the content to ___________

Accepted Answer