📝 Remote file sharing systems

📖 From Operating System • 11. File System Interface • 40 questions available

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

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-26

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Q1. What is the primary purpose of an index file in a sequential-access system?

🔹 A. To compress the data records

🔹 B. To store pointers to data blocks

🔹 C. To encrypt the file contents

🔹 D. To manage user permissions

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. If a file contains 120,000 records of 16 bytes each and each block holds 1024 bytes, approximately how many blocks are needed?

🔹 A. 180 blocks

🔹 B. 1,200 blocks

🔹 C. 2,000 blocks

🔹 D. 2,400 blocks

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. In a remote file system that uses a two‑level indexing scheme, what is the effect of adding a third level of indexes?

🔹 A. It eliminates the need for any disk I/O

🔹 B. It reduces the number of index entries stored in memory at each level

🔹 C. It doubles the size of each data block

🔹 D. It guarantees zero latency for all accesses

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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