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The primary job of the operating system of a computer is to
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A. command resources
B. manage resources
C. provide utilities
D. be user friendly
E. None of the above
Correct Answer
manage resources
Operating Systems Concepts problems
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1. A linker
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A. creates a load module
B. is not necessary with variable partitions
C. must be run after the loader
D. is not needed with a good compiler
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: creates a load module
2. Nonmodifiable procedures are called
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A. serially usable procedures
B. concurrent procedures
C. reentrant procedures
D. topdown procedures
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: reentrant procedures
3. Assembler language
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A. is usually the primary user interface
B. requires fixed-format commands
C. is a mnemonic form of machine language
D. is quite different from the SCL interpreter
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: is a mnemonic form of machine language
4. In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler.
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A. Reallocation
B. Allocation
C. Linking
D. Loading
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Reallocation
5. In which of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the smallest available hole in the main memory?
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A. best fit
B. first fit
C. worst fit
D. buddy
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: best fit
6. Which of following is/are the advantage(s) of modular programming?
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A. The program is much easier to change
B. Modules can be reused in other programs
C. Easy debugging
D. Easy to compile
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: The program is much easier to change
7. Which of the following can be accesses by transfer vector approach of linking?
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A. External data segments
B. External subroutines
C. Data located in other procedures
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: External subroutines
8. System maintenance:
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A. is usually not necessary
B. is necessary on all systems, regardless of how good
C. is not required if the system is well written
D. always requires several programs
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: is necessary on all systems, regardless of how good
9. The function(s) performed by the paging software is (are)
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A. Implementation of the access environment for all programs in the system
B. Management of the physical address space
C. Sharing and protection
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
10. In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term "Syntax analysis" is associated with
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A. recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions.
B. recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols
C. creation of more optional matrix.
D. use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code
E. None of the above
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Correct Answer: recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions.
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