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  • Question
  • Access time is the highest in the case of


  • Options
  • A. floppy disk
  • B. cache
  • C. swapping devices
  • D. magnetic disk
  • E. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • magnetic disk 


  • Operating Systems Concepts problems


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    • 1. Indicate which is a pre-emptive scheduling algorithm

    • Options
    • A. Round-robin
    • B. Shortest-job-next
    • C. Priority-based
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The practice of "bundling" refers to

    • Options
    • A. selling computers alone
    • B. selling peripheral devices with computer
    • C. selling software to run on computers
    • D. giving away software with a computer purchase
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following is a phase of a compilation process

    • Options
    • A. Lexical analysis
    • B. Code generation
    • C. Both of the above
    • D. Static analysis
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. File record length

    • Options
    • A. should always be fixed
    • B. Should always be variable
    • C. depends upon the size of the file
    • D. should be chosen to match the data characteristics
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. The total time to prepare a disk drive mechanism for a block of data to be read from it is

    • Options
    • A. latency
    • B. latency plus transmission time
    • C. latency plus seek time
    • D. latency plus seek time plus transmission time
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. In which addressing mode, the address of the location of the operand is given explicitly as a part of the instruction.

    • Options
    • A. absolute mode
    • B. immediate mode
    • C. index mode
    • D. modulus mode
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. A base register table

    • Options
    • A. allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program.
    • B. is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain.
    • C. allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time.
    • D. is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system.
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Capacity planning

    • Options
    • A. requires detailed system performance information
    • B. is independent of the operating system
    • C. does not depend on the monitoring tools available
    • D. is not needed in small installations
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Indicate which, of the following, is not true about Nassi-Shneiderman charts

    • Options
    • A. These charts are type of graphical design tool
    • B. These charts cannot represent CASE constructs
    • C. These charts can represent three fundamental control structures
    • D. All of the above
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The command interpreter

    • Options
    • A. is usually the primary user interface
    • B. requires fixed format commands
    • C. is menu drive
    • D. is quite different from the SCL interpreter
    • E. None of the above
    • Discuss


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