Operating Systems Concepts problems
- 1. The function(s) of the Storage Assignment is (are)
Options- A. to assign storage to all variables referenced in the source program.
- B. to assign storage to all temporary locations that are necessary for intermediate results.
- C. to assign storage to literals, and to ensure that the storage is allocate and appropriate locations are initialized.
- D. all of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: all of the above
- 2. Which of the following is a type of systems software used on microcomputers?
Options- A. MS-DOS
- B. PC-DOS
- C. Unix
- D. All of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: All of the above
- 3. Producer consumer problem can be solved using
Options- A. semaphores
- B. event counters
- C. monitors
- D. all of the above
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: all of the above
- 4. If the number of bits in a virtual address of a program is 16 and the page size is 0.5 K bytes, the number of pages in the virtual address space is
Options- A. 16
- B. 32
- C. 64
- D. 128
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: 128
- 5. Software that measures, monitors, analyzes, and controls real-world events is called:
Options- A. system software
- B. real-time software
- C. scientific software
- D. business software
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: real-time software
- 6. The initial value of the semaphore that allows only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections, is
Options- A. 8
- B. 1
- C. 16
- D. 0
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: 1
- 7. With MS-DOS which command will divide the surface of the blank floppy disk into sectors and assign a unique address to each one?
Options- A. FORMAT command
- B. FAT command
- C. VER command
- D. CHKDSK command
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: FORMAT command
- 8. Which of the following statements is false?
Options- A. a small page size causes large page tables
- B. internal fragmentation is increased with small pages
- C. a large page size causes instructions and data that will not be referenced brought into primary storage
- D. I/O transfers are more efficient with large pages
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: internal fragmentation is increased with small pages
- 9. Seeks analysis
Options- A. is used for analyzing paging problems
- B. is used for analyzing device busy problems
- C. is used for analyzing control-unit busy problems
- D. is only shown on real-time displays
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: is used for analyzing device busy problems
- 10. The dispatcher
Options- A. actually schedules the tasks into the processor
- B. puts tasks in I/O wait
- C. is always small and simple
- D. never changes task priorities
- E. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: actually schedules the tasks into the processor
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