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  • Question
  • A public key encryption system


  • Options
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • allows only the correct receiver to decode the data 


  • Operating Systems Concepts problems


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    • 1. 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:

    • Options
    • A. time sharing
    • B. time out
    • C. time domain
    • D. FIFO
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Semaphores

    • Options
    • 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which, of the following checks, cannot be carried out on the input data to a system?

    • Options
    • A. consistency check
    • B. Syntax check
    • C. Range check
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is a block device

    • Options
    • A. mouse
    • B. printer
    • C. terminals
    • D. disk
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by loader

    • Options
    • A. Reallocation
    • B. Allocation
    • C. Linking
    • D. Loading
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is characteristic of an operating system?

    • Options
    • A. resource management
    • B. error recovery
    • C. memory management
    • D. All the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. What is the initial value of the semaphore to allow only one of the many processes to enter their critical section?

    • Options
    • A. 8
    • B. 1
    • C. 16
    • D. 0
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. In which of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the largest available hole in the main memory?

    • Options
    • A. best fit
    • B. first fit
    • C. worst fit
    • D. buddy
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Page-map table is

    • Options
    • A. A data file
    • B. A directory
    • C. Used for address translation
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. What scheduling algorithm allows processes that are logical runnable to be temporarily suspended?

    • Options
    • A. preemptive scheduling
    • B. non-preemptive scheduling
    • C. FIFO
    • D. FCFS
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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