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- Question
The process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a disk (or intermediate store) so that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk, is known as
Options- A. multiprogramming
- B. spooling
- C. caching
- D. virtual programming
- E. None of the above
- Correct Answer
- spooling
- 1. The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is known as
Options- A. syntax analysis
- B. lexical analysis
- C. interpretation analysis
- D. general syntax analysis
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 2. Which table is a permanent database that has an entry for each terminal symbol.
Options- A. Terminal table
- B. Literal table
- C. Identifier table
- D. Reductions
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 3. A disk scheduling algorithm in an operating system causes the disk arm to move back and forth across the disk surface in order to service all requests in its path. This is a
Options- A. First come first served
- B. Shortest Seek Time First (SSTE)
- C. Scan
- D. FIFO
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 4. A translator is best described as
Options- A. an application software
- B. a system software
- C. a hardware component
- D. all of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 5. The details of all external symbols and relocation formation (relocation list or map) is provided to linker by
Options- A. Macro processor
- B. Translator
- C. Loader
- D. Editor
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 6. When did IBM release the first version of disk operating system DOS version 1.0?
Options- A. 1981
- B. 1982
- C. 1983
- D. 1984
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 7. A development strategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as
Options- A. Bottom-up development
- B. Top-down development
- C. Left-Right development
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 8. System programs such as Compilers are designed so that they are
Options- A. reenterable
- B. non reusable
- C. serially usable
- D. recursive
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 9. Trojan-Horse programs
Options- A. are legitimate programs that allow unauthorized access
- B. do not usually work
- C. are hidden programs that do not show up on the system
- D. usually are immediately discovered
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 10. What is the name of the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them?
Options- A. Partitioning
- B. Multitasking
- C. Windowing
- D. Paging
- E. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: lexical analysis
Correct Answer: Terminal table
Correct Answer: Scan
Correct Answer: a system software
Correct Answer: Translator
Correct Answer: 1981
Correct Answer: Top-down development
Correct Answer: reenterable
Correct Answer: are legitimate programs that allow unauthorized access
Correct Answer: Multitasking
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