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Which of the following Linux Distributions is Suitable for a NETBOOK?
technology operating systems

  1. Red Hat Netbook Remix

  2. Damn Small Linux

  3. Puppy Linux

  4. Ubuntu Netbook Remix

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Correct Option: D

What is the name of the Linux Application that allows you to run "individual" windows programs on Linux?

technology operating systems

  1. QEMU

  2. VirtualBox

  3. WINE

  4. WIN-API Emulator

  5. VM-WARE

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Correct Option: C

Which of following is not cause of deadlock?
technology operating systems

  1. Circular Wait

  2. Hold and Wait

  3. Mutual Exclusion

  4. Resourse sharing

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a synchronization mechanism?
technology operating systems

  1. Bakery Algorithm

  2. Bankers Algorithm

  3. Round Robin Algorithm

  4. LRU Algorithm

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is false regarding threads?
technology operating systems

  1. Threads share code segment

  2. Threads can be preempted

  3. Threads share stack.

  4. Threads share resources

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Correct Option: C

What is the meaning of GPL?
technology operating systems

  1. General Public License

  2. General Purpose Language

  3. General Publishing License

  4. General Power Language

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Correct Option: A

Which is the correct syntax to display the calendar of September 2005?
technology operating systems

  1. Cal 9 2005

  2. Calendar 2005

  3. 2005 cal

  4. 9 2005 calendar

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Correct Option: A

How can a short description of what the ls command does be obtained?
technology operating systems

  1. Whereis ls

  2. Whatis ls

  3. Whatis -ls

  4. Whereis -ls

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Correct Option: B

What does the pwd command do?
technology operating systems

  1. It changes the password of user

  2. It shows the current path where the user is

  3. It shows the passwd file

  4. It shows information about Linux architecture

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Correct Option: B

What is the use of touch command?
technology operating systems

  1. It makes a new empty file

  2. It displays the contents of a file

  3. It updates the pre existing file

  4. It makes a new directory

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Correct Option: A