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Practice MCQs for Network operating systems. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. Which term describes software that manages resources across multiple computers in a network?

🔹 A. Network operating system
🔹 B. Distributed file system
🔹 C. Hypervisor
🔹 D. Virtual machine monitor

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. A distributed system detects that Site 3 has stopped responding. What should the system do first to maintain correct operation?

🔹 A. Immediately reboot Site 3
🔹 B. Redirect all traffic to a backup site
🔹 C. Stop using services from Site 3 and log the failure
🔹 D. Ignore the failure and continue normal operation

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. In a distributed environment that uses remote procedure calls (RPC) across three sites, which strategy best minimizes service disruption when one site experiences a sudden overload?

🔹 A. Route all RPCs through the overloaded site
🔹 B. Implement dynamic load balancing that redirects calls to less‑busy sites
🔹 C. Disable RPC functionality until the overload clears
🔹 D. Increase the timeout interval for all RPC calls

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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