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Interprocess communication
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A. is required for all processes
B. is usually done via disk drives
C. is never necessary,
D. allows processes to synchronize activity
Correct Answer
allows processes to synchronize activity
Operating Systems Concepts problems
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1. Which of the following rules out the use of GO TO?
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A. Flowchart
B. HIPO-DIAGRAMS
C. Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
2. Which of the following statements is false?
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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
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Correct Answer: compaction does not involve relocation of programs
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Fragmentation of the file system
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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
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Correct Answer: can be temporarily removed by compaction
7. Thrashing
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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
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Correct Answer: can be caused by poor paging algorithms
8. User-Friendly Systems are:
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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
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Correct Answer: becoming more common
9. Which of the following addressing modes, facilitates access to an operand whose location is defined relative to the beginning of the data structure in which it appears?
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A. ascending
B. sorting
C. index
D. indirect
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: index
10. The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what has to be done, is
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A. Operation code
B. Address
C. Locator
D. Flip-Flop
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Operation code
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