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Introduction to OS Structure

Introduction to OS structure

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options is correct in the context of multiprogramming system?

  1. Are easier to develop than single programming systems
  2. Executes each job faster
  3. Executes more jobs in the same time period
  4. Uses only one large mainframe computer
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following runs on computer hardware and serves as a platform for other softwares to run on?

  1. Operating system
  2. Application software
  3. System software
  4. All of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following operating does not implement multitasking truly?

  1. Windows 98
  2. Windows NT
  3. Windows XP
  4. MS Dos
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following causes poor response time?

  1. Process busy
  2. High I/O rates
  3. High paging rates
  4. All of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A _____ interface consists of program counter, registers, interrupts and terminals HMT extension.

  1. hardware
  2. software
  3. data
  4. none of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options is correct in the context of page stealing?

  1. Is a sign of an efficient system.
  2. Is taking page frames from other working sets.
  3. Should be the tuning goal.
  4. Takes larger disk spaces for pages pegged out.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program called?

  1. Operating environment
  2. Operating system
  3. System Environment
  4. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which software is built to communicate directly on the hardware?

  1. Environment
  2. System program
  3. Operating System
  4. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following transforms one interface into another interface?

  1. Program
  2. Software
  3. Data
  4. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following options shares characteristics with both hardware and software?

  1. Virtual space
  2. Virtual computers
  3. Virtual device
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the function of an operating system?

  1. Acting as interface
  2. Supplying input
  3. Controlling devices
  4. Memory management
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader called _________ is executed.

  1. compile and go loader
  2. boot loader
  3. bootstrap loader
  4. relating loader
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following programs is not a utility?

  1. Debugger
  2. Editor
  3. Spooler
  4. All of the above
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_________ is the ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple programs at the same time.

  1. Multitasking
  2. Streamlining
  3. Multiuser
  4. Simulcasting
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An operating system is a _____________ software.

  1. communication
  2. application
  3. system
  4. word-processing
  5. None of these
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