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  • Fork is


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  • A. the dispatching of a task
  • B. the creation of a new job
  • C. the creation of a new process
  • D. increasing the priority of a task
  • E. None of the above

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  • the creation of a new process 


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    • 1. Which of the following functions is(are) performed by the loader

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    • A. allocate space in memory for the programs and resolve symbolic references between object decks
    • B. adjust all address dependent locations, such as address constants, to correspond to the allocated space.
    • C. physically place the machine instructions and data into memory.
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. In which addressing mode the effective address of the operand is the contents of a register specified in the instruction and after accessing the operand, the contents of this register is incremented to point to the next item in the list?

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    • A. index addressing
    • B. indirect addressing
    • C. auto increment
    • D. auto decrement
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following refers to the associative memory?

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    • A. the address of the data is generated by the CPU
    • B. the address of the data is supplied by the users
    • C. there is no need for an address i.e. the data is used as an address
    • D. the data are accessed sequentially
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Addressing structure

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    • A. defines the fundamental method of determining effective operand addresses
    • B. are variations in the use of fundamental addressing structures, or some associated actions which are related to addressing.
    • C. performs indicated operations on two fast registers of the machine and leave the result in one of the registers.
    • D. all of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Thrashing can be avoided if

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    • A. the pages, belonging to the working set of the programs, are in main memory
    • B. the speed of CPU is increased
    • C. the speed of I/O processor is increased
    • D. all of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The memory allocation scheme subject to "external" fragmentation is

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    • A. segmentation
    • B. swapping
    • C. pure demand paging
    • D. multiple contiguous fixed partitions
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. The FIFO algorithm

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    • A. executes first the job that last entered the queue
    • B. executes first the job that first entered the queue
    • C. execute first the job that has been in the queue the longest
    • D. executes first the job with the least processor needs
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. What does MSCDEX.EXE do?

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    • A. Configures hard drives
    • B. it's a SCSI driver
    • C. BIOS setup
    • D. it's a CD-ROM DOS driver
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. The term TSR is an abbreviation for:

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    • A. Terminate Stay Ready
    • B. Testing System Read
    • C. Terminal Still Ready
    • D. Terminate Stay Resident
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. To find out how much memory is available, you could type______.

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    • A. EMM
    • B. MEM
    • C. CHKDSK
    • D. MEMMAKER
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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