Computer Knowledge

Operating Systems

998 Questions

Test your computer knowledge with these questions on operating systems. The content covers various platforms including Unix, Linux, Windows, Android, and Macintosh. These questions are commonly asked in the computer knowledge sections of banking and government exams.

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Operating Systems Questions

Multiple choice

“Vista” is the name of

  1. a new model of car launched by Toyota

  2. a new version of personal computer operating system launched by Microsoft

  3. a range of innerwear of Reebok

  4. a new star discovered by NASA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Windows Vista was a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, released in 2007.

Multiple choice

“Vista” is the name of

  1. A new model of car launched by Toyota

  2. A new version of personal computer operating system launched by Microsoft

  3. A range of innerwear of Reebok

  4. A new star discovered by NASA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Windows Vista was a major version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, released in 2007 as the successor to Windows XP.

Multiple choice

Which of the following shells is not used in UNIX?

  1. The Korn shell

  2. The C++ shell

  3. The C shell

  4. The Bourne shell
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Korn, C, and Bourne shells are standard command-line interfaces for UNIX. C++ is a programming language, not a shell.

Multiple choice

Microkernel is

  1. more flexible

  2. not flexible

  3. maintainable

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Microkernels are designed to be minimal, moving most OS services to user space, which makes them highly modular and flexible compared to monolithic kernels.