System Administrator 2026
A server crash and recovery will __________ to a client.
  • A. Be visible
  • B. Affect
  • C. Be invisible
  • D. Harm
The server must write all NFS data ___________
  • A. Synchronously
  • B. Asynchronously
  • C. Index-wise
  • D. None of the mentioned
A single NFS write procedure ____________
  • A. Can be atomic
  • B. Is atomic
  • C. Is non atomic
  • D. None of the mentioned
The NFS protocol __________ concurrency control mechanisms.
  • A. Provides
  • B. Does not provide
  • C. May provide
  • D. None of the mentioned
_______________ in NFS involves the parsing of a path name into separate directory entries – or components.
  • A. Path parse
  • B. Path name parse
  • C. Path name translation
  • D. Path name parsing
For every pair of component and directory vnode after path name translation ____________
  • A. A single nfs lookup call is used sequentially
  • B. A single nfs lookup call is used beginning from the last component
  • C. At least two nfs lookup calls per component are performed
  • D. A separate nfs lookup call is performed
When a client has a cascading mount _______ server(s) is/are involved in a path name traversal.
  • A. At least one
  • B. More than one
  • C. More than two
  • D. More than three
A device driver can be thought of like a translator. Its input consists of _____ commands and output consists of _______ instructions.
  • A. High level, low level
  • B. Low level, high level
  • C. Complex, simple
  • D. Low level, complex
The file organization module knows about _____________
  • A. Files
  • B. Logical blocks of files
  • C. Physical blocks of files
  • D. All of the mentioned
Metadata includes _____________
  • A. All of the file system structure
  • B. Contents of files
  • C. Both file system structure and contents of files
  • D. None of the mentioned