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To avoid the race condition, the number of processes that may be simultaneously inside their critical section is
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A. 8
B. 1
C. 16
D. 0
E. None of the above
Correct Answer
1
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1. The LRU algorithm
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A. pages out pages that have been used recently
B. pages out pages that have not been used recently
C. pages out pages that have been least used recently
D. pages out the first page in a given area
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: pages out pages that have been least used recently
2. The strategy of allowing processes that are logically runnable to be temporarily suspended is called
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A. preemptive scheduling
B. non preemptive scheduling
C. shortest job first
D. first come first served
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: preemptive scheduling
3. What is the name given to the values that are automatically provided by software to reduce keystrokes and improve a computer user's productivity?
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A. Defined values
B. Fixed values
C. Default values
D. Special values
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Default values
4. Memory
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A. is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.
B. is the device where information is stored
C. is a sequence of instructions
D. is typically characterized by interactive processing and time-slicing of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user.
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: is the device where information is stored
5. Which of the following are(is) Language Processor(s)
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A. assembles
B. compilers
C. interpreters
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
6. In MS-DOS 5.0, which is the number that acts as a code to uniquely identify the software product?
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A. MS
B. DOS
C. MS DOS
D. 5.0
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: 5.0
7. Process is
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A. program in High level language kept on disk
B. contents of main memory
C. a program in execution
D. a job in secondary memory
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: a program in execution
8. Resolution of externally defined symbols is performed by
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A. Linker
B. Loader
C. Compiler
D. Assembler
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Linker
9. Which of the following are loaded into main memory when the computer is booted?
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A. internal command instructions
B. external command instructions
C. utility programs
D. word processing instructions
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: internal command instructions
10. While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?
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A. COPY
B. DISKCOPY
C. CHKDSK
D. TYPE
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: DISKCOPY
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