System Administrator 2026
An RPC (remote procedure call) is initiated by the _________
  • A. Server
  • B. Client
  • C. Client after the sever
  • D. A third party
In RPC, while a server is processing the call, the client is blocked ________
  • A. Unless the client sends an asynchronous request to the server
  • B. Unless the call processing is complete
  • C. For the complete duration of the connection
  • D. Unless the server is disconnected
A remote procedure call is _______
  • A. Inter-process communication
  • B. A single process
  • C. A single thread
  • D. A single stream
RPC allows a computer program to cause a subroutine to execute in _________
  • A. Its own address space
  • B. Another address space
  • C. Both its own address space and another address space
  • D. Applications address space
RPC works between two processes. These processes must be ____________
  • A. On the same computer
  • B. On different computers connected with a network
  • C. On the same computer and also on different computers connected with a network
  • D. On none of the computers
A remote procedure is uniquely identified by _________
  • A. Program number
  • B. Version number
  • C. Procedure number
  • D. All of the mentioned
An RPC application requires _________
  • A. Specific protocol for client server communication
  • B. A client program
  • C. A server program
  • D. All of the mentioned
RPC is used to _________
  • A. Establish a server on remote machine that can respond to queries
  • B. Retrieve information by calling a query
  • C. Establish a server on remote machine that can respond to queries and retrieve information by calling a query
  • D. To secure the client
RPC is a _________
  • A. Synchronous operation
  • B. Asynchronous operation
  • C. Time independent operation
  • D. Channel specific operation