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  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • preemptive scheduling 


  • Operating Systems Concepts problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. Paging

    • Options
    • A. is a method of memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is subdivided into equal portions or blocks.
    • B. consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during execution of a computation.
    • C. is a method of allocating processor time.
    • D. allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time.
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following program is not a utility?

    • Options
    • A. Debugger
    • B. Editor
    • C. Spooler
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following is true for machine language.

    • Options
    • A. Repeated execution of program segments
    • B. Depicting flow of data in a system
    • C. A sequence of instructions which, when followed properly, solves a problem
    • D. the language which communicates with the computer using only the binary digits 1 and 0.
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Advantage(s) of using assembly language rather than machine language is (are):

    • Options
    • A. It is mnemonic and easy to read.
    • B. Addresses any symbolic, not absolute
    • C. Introduction of data to program is easier
    • D. all of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. A relocate program form is one which

    • Options
    • A. cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation.
    • B. consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation.
    • C. can itself performs the relocation of its address-sensitive portions.
    • D. all of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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