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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- Top-down development
- 1. 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
- 2. 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 Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. In which way(s) a macro processor for assembly language can be implemented:
Options- A. independent two-pass processor
- B. independent one-pass processor
- C. processor incorporated into pass 1 of a standard two-pass assembler
- D. all of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
- 10. Block caches or buffer caches are used
Options- A. to improve disk performance
- B. to handle interrupts
- C. to increase the capacity of the main memory
- D. to speed up main memory read operation
- E. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: 1981
Correct Answer: spooling
Correct Answer: lexical analysis
Correct Answer: Terminal table
Correct Answer: Scan
Correct Answer: reenterable
Correct Answer: are legitimate programs that allow unauthorized access
Correct Answer: Multitasking
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: to improve disk performance
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