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Which, of the following checks, cannot be carried out on the input data to a system?
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A. consistency check
B. Syntax check
C. Range check
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Correct Answer
Syntax check
Operating Systems Concepts problems
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1. Which of the following is a block device
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A. mouse
B. printer
C. terminals
D. disk
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: disk
2. 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
3. Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and
Options
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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Semaphores
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A. synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
B. synchronize critical resources to prevent contention
C. are used to do I/O
D. are used for memory management
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
7. The technique, for sharing the time of a computer among several jobs. Which switches jobs so rapidly such that each job appears to have the computer to itself:
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A. time sharing
B. time out
C. time domain
D. FIFO
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: time sharing
8. A public key encryption system
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A. allows anyone to decode the transmission
B. allows only the correct sender to decode the data
C. allows only the correct receiver to decode the data
D. does not encode the data before transmitting it
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: allows only the correct receiver to decode the data
9. Which of the following is characteristic of an operating system?
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A. resource management
B. error recovery
C. memory management
D. All the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: All the above
10. What is the initial value of the semaphore to allow only one of the many processes to enter their critical section?
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A. 8
B. 1
C. 16
D. 0
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: 1
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