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  • Question
  • Which of the following statements is false?


  • Options
  • A. the technique of storage compaction involves moving all occupied areas of storage to one end or other of main storage
  • B. compaction does not involve relocation of programs
  • C. compaction is also know as garbage collection
  • D. the system must stop everything while it performs the compaction
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • compaction does not involve relocation of programs 


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    • 1. While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?

    • Options
    • A. COPY
    • B. DISKCOPY
    • C. CHKDSK
    • D. TYPE
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following are loaded into main memory when the computer is booted?

    • Options
    • A. internal command instructions
    • B. external command instructions
    • C. utility programs
    • D. word processing instructions
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Resolution of externally defined symbols is performed by

    • Options
    • A. Linker
    • B. Loader
    • C. Compiler
    • D. Assembler
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Process is

    • Options
    • 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
    • Discuss
    • 5. In MS-DOS 5.0, which is the number that acts as a code to uniquely identify the software product?

    • Options
    • A. MS
    • B. DOS
    • C. MS DOS
    • D. 5.0
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following rules out the use of GO TO?

    • Options
    • A. Flowchart
    • B. HIPO-DIAGRAMS
    • C. Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Interprocess communication

    • Options
    • A. is required for all processes
    • B. is usually done via disk drives
    • C. is never necessary,
    • D. allows processes to synchronize activity
    • Discuss
    • 8. Fragmentation of the file system

    • Options
    • A. occurs only if the file system is used improperly
    • B. can always be prevented
    • C. can be temporarily removed by compaction
    • D. is a characteristic of all file systems
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Thrashing

    • Options
    • A. is a natural consequence of virtual memory systems
    • B. can always be avoided by swapping
    • C. always occurs on large computers
    • D. can be caused by poor paging algorithms
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. User-Friendly Systems are:

    • Options
    • A. required for object-oriented programming
    • B. easy to develop
    • C. common among traditional mainframe operating systems
    • D. becoming more common
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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