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  • Seeks analysis


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  • A. is used for analyzing paging problems
  • B. is used for analyzing device busy problems
  • C. is used for analyzing control-unit busy problems
  • D. is only shown on real-time displays
  • E. None of the above

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  • is used for analyzing device busy problems 


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    • 1. Which of the following statements is false?

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    • A. a small page size causes large page tables
    • B. internal fragmentation is increased with small pages
    • C. a large page size causes instructions and data that will not be referenced brought into primary storage
    • D. I/O transfers are more efficient with large pages
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. With MS-DOS which command will divide the surface of the blank floppy disk into sectors and assign a unique address to each one?

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    • A. FORMAT command
    • B. FAT command
    • C. VER command
    • D. CHKDSK command
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The initial value of the semaphore that allows only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections, is

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    • A. 8
    • B. 1
    • C. 16
    • D. 0
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Software that measures, monitors, analyzes, and controls real-world events is called:

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    • A. system software
    • B. real-time software
    • C. scientific software
    • D. business software
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. If the number of bits in a virtual address of a program is 16 and the page size is 0.5 K bytes, the number of pages in the virtual address space is

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    • A. 16
    • B. 32
    • C. 64
    • D. 128
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The dispatcher

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    • A. actually schedules the tasks into the processor
    • B. puts tasks in I/O wait
    • C. is always small and simple
    • D. never changes task priorities
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Data encryption

    • Options
    • A. is mostly used by public networks
    • B. is mostly used by financial networks
    • C. cannot be used by private installations
    • D. is not necessary, since data cannot be intercepted
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The SJF algorithm executes first the job

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    • A. that last entered the queue
    • B. that first entered the queue
    • C. that has been in the queue the longest
    • D. with the least processor needs
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Most of the microcomputer's operating systems like Apple DOS, MS DOS and PC DOS etc. are called disk operating systems because

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    • A. they are memory resident
    • B. they are initially stored on disk
    • C. they are available on magnetic tapes
    • D. they are partly in primary memory and partly on disk
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which, of the following is not true about the description of a decision table?

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    • A. A decision table is easy to modify
    • B. A decision table is directly understood by the computer
    • C. A decision table is easy to understand
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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