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What is the name of the system which deals with the running of the actual computer and not with the programming problems?
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A. Operating system
B. Systems program
C. Object program
D. Source program
E. None of the above
Correct Answer
Systems program
Operating Systems Concepts problems
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1. In memory systems, boundary registers
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A. are used for temporary program variable storage
B. are only necessary with fixed partitions
C. track page boundaries
D. track the beginning and ending of programs
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: track the beginning and ending of programs
2. Feed back queue
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A. are very easy to implement
B. dispatch tasks according to execution characteristics
C. are used to favor real-time tasks
D. require manual intervention to implement properly
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: dispatch tasks according to execution characteristics
3. Scissoring enables
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A. a part of data to be displayed
B. entire data to be displayed
C. full data display on full area of screen
D. no data to be displayed
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: a part of data to be displayed
4. Which of the following is not true about the memory management?
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A. virtual memory is used only in multi-user systems
B. segmentation suffers from external fragmentation
C. paging suffers from internal fragmentation
D. segmented memory can be paged
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: virtual memory is used only in multi-user systems
5. If you want to execute more than one program at a time, the systems software you are using must be capable of:
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A. word processing
B. virtual memory
C. compiling
D. multitasking
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: multitasking
6. The main function of the dispatcher (the portion of the process scheduler) is
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A. swapping a process to the disk
B. assigning ready process to the CPU
C. suspending some of the processes when the CPU load is high
D. bring processes from the disk to the main memory
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: assigning ready process to the CPU
7. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are
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A. Syntax errors
B. Semantic errors
C. Logical errors
D. Internal errors
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Syntax errors
8. What is the name given to all the programs inside the computer with makes it usable?
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A. Application software
B. System software
C. Firm ware
D. Shareware
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: System software
9. Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and
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A. hold and wait
B. deadlock avoidance
C. race around condition
D. buffer overflow
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: hold and wait
10. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by loader
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A. Reallocation
B. Allocation
C. Linking
D. Loading
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Loading
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