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101. |
The memory management, y one clock policy is applied then the page first loaded into a frame in memory its use bit is set to |
A. | Zero |
B. | One |
C. | Two |
D. | Three |
Answer» B. One |
102. |
In memory management Free page list is: A- A list of page frames available for reading in pages. B- A list where replaced page is assigned without modification. C-A list where replaced page is assigned with modification. |
A. | A, B, C are true |
B. | A and B are true |
C. | A and C are true |
D. | B and C are true. |
Answer» B. A and B are true |
103. |
A policy in memory management referred as clock policy because one can visualize the page frames as laid out in |
A. | Straight line |
B. | Rectangle |
C. | Circle |
D. | Square |
Answer» C. Circle |
104. |
In memory management :A-Fixed allocation policy, B-Variable allocation policy: 1-It gives a process a fixed number of frames in main memory within which to execute. 2-It allows the number of page frames allocated to a process to be varied over the life time of the process. 3-In it a number of allocated frames are decided at initial load time. |
A. | A – 1, 3, B – 2 |
B. | A – 1, B – 3 |
C. | A – 2, B – 1, 3 |
D. | A – 1, 2, B – 3 |
Answer» A. A – 1, 3, B – 2 |
105. |
In uni-processor scheduling :A : Turnaround time, B : Response time, 1: A time interval between the submission of a process and its completion. 2: For interactive process, it is a time from the submission of a request until the response begins to received. 3: It includes actual execution time plus time spent waiting for resources. |
A. | A – 2, 2, B – 3 |
B. | A – 1, 3, B – 2 |
C. | A – 2, B – 1, 2 |
D. | A – 2, B – 1, 3 |
Answer» B. A – 1, 3, B – 2 |
106. |
In uni-processor management processor through put |
A. | Is a measure of how much work is being performed |
B. | Is the percentage of time that the processor is busy |
C. | Is a time interval between the submission of a process and its completion |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Is a measure of how much work is being performed |
107. |
In uni-processor scheduling, a priorities enforcement is |
A. | When processes are assigned priorities and scheduling policy favor higher priority processes. |
B. | The scheduling keeps resources of system busy. |
C. | Here currently running process can be interrupted and moved to ready state by the operating system. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. When processes are assigned priorities and scheduling policy favor higher priority processes. |
108. |
In uni-processor scheduling, if non- preemptive policy is applied then |
A. | Once a process is in running state, it continues to execute until it terminates or block itself. |
B. | Currently running process can be interrupted and moved to ready state by the operating system. |
C. | The clock interrupt is generated at periodic intervals. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Once a process is in running state, it continues to execute until it terminates or block itself. |
109. |
In aperiodic (real time) tasks |
A. | The dead line for start is mandatory, but for finish it is not. |
B. | The dead line for finish is mandatory, but for start it is not. |
C. | The dead line for finish and start is mandatory. |
D. | The dead line for finish and start is not mandatory. |
Answer» C. The dead line for finish and start is mandatory. |
110. |
The time table of railway, and airline which defines arrival and departure can be considered as |
A. | Hard real time scheduling |
B. | Soft real time scheduling |
C. | None real time scheduling. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Hard real time scheduling |
111. |
When preemptive policy is applied to uni- processor scheduling then |
A. | Once a process is in running state, it continues to execute until it terminates or block itself. |
B. | Currently running process can be interrupted and moved to ready state by the operating system. |
C. | The processes are assigned priorities. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Currently running process can be interrupted and moved to ready state by the operating system. |
112. |
The normalized turnaround time is |
A. | Ratio of turnaround time to service time |
B. | Ratio of turnaround time to waiting time |
C. | Ratio of service time to waiting time |
D. | Ratio of waiting time to service time. |
Answer» A. Ratio of turnaround time to service time |
113. |
In round robin (time slicing) policy applied on uni-processor scheduling |
A. | When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue, and next ready job is selected in First come First serve basis. |
B. | When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue and next ready job is selected in random order. |
C. | No interruption is entertain |
Answer» A. When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue, and next ready job is selected in First come First serve basis. |
114. |
If normalized turnaround time of different process are given. Then Highest response ratio next policy in uni- processor scheduling policy selects. |
A. | The ready process with lowest normalized turnaround time. |
B. | The ready process with highest normalized turnaround time. |
C. | The process with shortest expected processing time. |
D. | The process with highest expected processing time. |
Answer» B. The ready process with highest normalized turnaround time. |
115. |
In multi processor scheduling, independent parallelism indicates |
A. | There is synchronization among processes at gross level. |
B. | There is no explicit synchronization among processes. |
C. | A parallel processing or multi tasking is done within a single application. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. There is no explicit synchronization among processes. |
116. |
In round robin (time slicing) policy applied on uni processor scheduling |
A. | When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue, and next ready job is selected in First come First serve basis. |
B. | When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue and next ready job is selected in random order. |
C. | No interruption is entertain |
Answer» A. When interrupt occurs, the currently running process is placed in ready queue, and next ready job is selected in First come First serve basis. |
117. |
If normalized turnaround time of different process are given. Then Highest response ratio next policy in uni processor scheduling policy selects |
A. | The ready process with lowest normalized turnaround time. |
B. | The ready process with highest normalized turnaround time. |
C. | The process with shortest expected processing time. |
D. | The process with highest expected processing time. |
Answer» B. The ready process with highest normalized turnaround time. |
118. |
In multi processor scheduling, independent parallelism indicates |
A. | There is synchronization among processes at gross level. |
B. | There is no explicit synchronization among processes. |
C. | A parallel processing or multi tasking is done within a single application. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. There is no explicit synchronization among processes. |
119. |
In multi processor scheduling; A: Coarse gained parallelism, B: Medium grained parallelism, C: Fine grained parallelism; 1- Concurrent processes running on a multi programmed uni processor, 2 Parallel processing or multi tasking is done within a single application, 3-Parallel processing is done within a single instruction stream. |
A. | A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
B. | A – 2, B – 3, C – 1 |
C. | A – 3, B – 2, C – 1 |
D. | A – 1, B – 3, C – 2 |
Answer» A. A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
120. |
A situation where two or more processes coordinate their activities based on a condition is referred as |
A. | Synchronization |
B. | Dead lock |
C. | Starvation |
D. | Par begin |
Answer» A. Synchronization |
121. |
Par begin (P1) |
A. | Suspends main program, execute procedure P1 and after execution resume main program. |
B. | Procedure P1 is delayed infinitely due to other procedure are given preference. |
C. | Procedure P1 is not considered for execution. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Suspends main program, execute procedure P1 and after execution resume main program. |
122. |
The mail box and ports are examples of |
A. | Indirect process communication |
B. | Direct process communication. |
C. | Both A and B true |
D. | None is true |
Answer» A. Indirect process communication |
123. |
In Dynamic partition of main memory in memory management, the sized of process and memory partition is |
A. | of exactly same size |
B. | of different size. |
C. | Both A and B true |
D. | None is true |
Answer» A. of exactly same size |
124. |
In the simple paging in memory management where |
A. | Process can be loaded into a partition of equal or greater size. |
B. | Process is loaded into a partition of exactly same size. |
C. | Process is divided into a number of equal size pages of same length as of frames. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. Process is divided into a number of equal size pages of same length as of frames. |
125. |
A. Absolute Loading B. Relocatable Loading C. Dynamic Run-Time Loading; 1- It requires that a load module always be loaded into some location in main memory. 2- A load module can be located anywhere in main memory. |
A. | A – 2, B – 1, C – 1 |
B. | A – 1, B – 1, C – 2 |
C. | A – 1, B – 2, C – 2 |
D. | A – 1, B – 2, C – 1 |
Answer» C. A – 1, B – 2, C – 2 |
126. |
The disk and tape devices are referred as |
A. | Block oriented I/O devices |
B. | Stream oriented I/O devices |
C. | Logical I/O devices |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Block oriented I/O devices |
127. |
Which of the following is not human readable I/O device ? |
A. | Video display terminals |
B. | Key board |
C. | Printers |
D. | Disk drives |
Answer» D. Disk drives |
128. |
Following is not the stream oriented I/O device |
A. | Printer |
B. | Mouse |
C. | Communication modules |
D. | Disk/tape |
Answer» D. Disk/tape |
129. |
The direct memory access (DM(A) module |
A. | Controls the data exchange between main memory and I/O module. |
B. | The processor issues I/O command, execute subsequent instructions and interrupt I/O module. |
C. | The processor issues I/O commands to an I/O module. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Controls the data exchange between main memory and I/O module. |
130. |
The access time in disk scheduling is |
A. | The time taken to position the head at the track. |
B. | The time taken to reach the beginning of the sector of the track. |
C. | The sum of seek time and rotational delay. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. The sum of seek time and rotational delay. |
131. |
The transfer time in disk scheduling is |
A. | Proportional to rotation speed. |
B. | Inversely proportional to rotation speed. |
C. | Equal to rotation spe |
Answer» A. Proportional to rotation speed. |
132. |
In last- in-first- out, disk scheduling policy |
A. | Recently received request is entertained at the last. |
B. | Recently received request is entertained first. |
C. | Requests are selected at random |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Recently received request is entertained first. |
133. |
In disk scheduling, SCAN algorithm states |
A. | The arm is required to move in one direction only. |
B. | The arm can be moved in any direction. |
C. | The arm is fix |
Answer» A. The arm is required to move in one direction only. |
134. |
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) scheme consists of |
A. | Five levels from one to six. |
B. | Six levels, from zero to five. |
C. | Seven levels, from zero to six. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. Seven levels, from zero to six. |
135. |
In RAID scheme, which of the RAID level does not use parity calculation in redundancy achievement |
A. | RAID 4 |
B. | RAID 3 |
C. | RAID 2 |
D. | RAID 1 |
Answer» D. RAID 1 |
136. |
In system buffer cache, used in UNIX, following not true |
A. | It is a disk cache |
B. | It is not a disk cache |
C. | Data transfer between buffer cache and user process space always occurs using DMA. |
D. | I/O operations with disk are handled through buffer code. |
Answer» B. It is not a disk cache |
137. |
In disk scheduling, the shortest service time first policy selects the disk request that |
A. | In cure the maximum seek time |
B. | In cure the minimum seek time |
C. | Is received first |
D. | Is received at last. |
Answer» B. In cure the minimum seek time |
138. |
The C–SCAN, in disk scheduling states |
A. | The arm movement is uni directional |
B. | The arm movement is bidirectional |
C. | The are is to be state fixed |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. The are is to be state fixed |
139. |
RAID-O does not support the following characteristics: A: RAID is a set of physical disk drives viewed by the operating system as a single logical drive. B: Data distributed across the physical drives of an array. C: Re- demdant disk capacity is used to store parity information, which guarantees data recoverability in case of a disk failure. |
A. | A and B |
B. | A only |
C. | B only |
D. | C only |
Answer» D. C only |
140. |
The UNIX scheduling gives |
A. | Highest preference to real time processes |
B. | Highest preference to kernel mode processes |
C. | Highest preference to user mode processes |
D. | Highest preference to shared processes. |
Answer» A. Highest preference to real time processes |
141. |
In disk scheduling when SCAN (Look) policy is applied and when last track reached in one direction |
A. | The service direction is reversed and scan proceeds in opposite direction. |
B. | The arm returns to the opposite end of the disk and scan begins again. |
C. | A and B both true. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. The service direction is reversed and scan proceeds in opposite direction. |
142. |
In RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) scheme, which of the following RAID level does not include redundancy to improve performance ? |
A. | RAID level 0 |
B. | RAID level 1 |
C. | RAID level 2 |
D. | RAID level 4 |
Answer» A. RAID level 0 |
143. |
In which of the following RAID scheme, redundancy is achieved by the simple expedient of duplicating all the data ? |
A. | RAID level 0 |
B. | RAID level 1 |
C. | RAID level 2 |
D. | RAID level 3 |
Answer» B. RAID level 1 |
144. |
In shortest service time first policy, applied on disk scheduling, the disk request is selected |
A. | That requires the least movement of disk arm from its current position. |
B. | That requires the maximum movement of disk arm from its current position. |
C. | That is recently receiv |
Answer» A. That requires the least movement of disk arm from its current position. |
145. |
The RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) level one requires |
A. | Same disk space of the logical disk that it support. |
B. | Twice disk space of the logical disk that it support. |
C. | Thrice disk space of the logical disk that it support. |
D. | Half disk space of the logical disk that it support. |
Answer» B. Twice disk space of the logical disk that it support. |
146. |
Match the following in RAID scheme : A- Parallel access array, B-Independent access array, 1- All member disks participate in the execution of every I/O request. 2- Each member disk participates separately in the execution of every I/O request. 3- Here spindles of the individual drives are synchronized so that each disk head is in the same position on each disk at any given time. |
A. | A – 1, 3 and B – 2 |
B. | A – 1, and B – 2, 3 |
C. | A – 2 and B – 1, 3 |
D. | A – 1, 2 and B – 3 |
Answer» A. A – 1, 3 and B – 2 |
147. |
The following RAID level employer parallel access technique and single redundant disk |
A. | RAID level 0 |
B. | RAID level 1 |
C. | RAID level 2 |
D. | RAID level 3 |
Answer» D. RAID level 3 |
148. |
The RAID scheme indicate |
A. | Random access of information data. |
B. | Random array of independent disks. |
C. | Redundant array of independent disks. |
D. | Redundant access of information data. |
Answer» D. Redundant access of information data. |
149. |
Which of the RAID level does not employ independent access technique ? |
A. | RAID 6 |
B. | RAID 5 |
C. | RAID 4 |
D. | RAID 3 |
Answer» D. RAID 3 |
150. |
Which of the following RAID level uses independent access technique and distributes the parity strips across all disks? |
A. | Two |
B. | Three |
C. | Four |
D. | Five |
Answer» D. Five |
151. |
Cache memory is |
A. | Bigger and slower than main memory |
B. | Bigger and faster that main memory |
C. | Smaller and slower than main memory |
D. | Smaller and faster than main memory |
Answer» D. Smaller and faster than main memory |
152. |
By principle of locality, cache memory |
A. | Increases average memory access time. |
B. | Reduces average memory access time |
C. | Does not affect the average memory access time |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Reduces average memory access time |
153. |
Following is not true for disk cache |
A. | It is a buffer in main memory for disk sector |
B. | It contains the copy of some of the sector on the disk |
C. | It is bigger is size than main memory |
D. | It is smaller is size than main memory |
Answer» C. It is bigger is size than main memory |
154. |
In disk storage devices, data are recorded on and later retrieved from disk via a conducting coil named |
A. | Tail |
B. | Foot |
C. | Head |
D. | Hand. |
Answer» C. Head |
155. |
In disk storage devices during read and write operation |
A. | Head is rotate while platter is stationary |
B. | Head is stationary while platter rotates |
C. | Head and platter are both stationary |
D. | None is true |
Answer» B. Head is stationary while platter rotates |
156. |
In magnetic disk, density that is in bits per linear inch |
A. | Increases in moving from the outer most track to the inner most track. |
B. | Decreases in moving from the outer most track to the inner most track. |
C. | Remains same in moving from the outer most track to the inner most track. |
D. | Randomly distributed in moving from the outer most track to the inner most track. |
Answer» A. Increases in moving from the outer most track to the inner most track. |
157. |
Data from and to magnetic disk is transformed in |
A. | Continuation |
B. | Blocks |
C. | Block and Continuation both |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Blocks |
158. |
On magnetic disks, the data on the platter is organized in a concentric sets of rings called |
A. | Sectors |
B. | Gaps |
C. | Rings |
D. | Tracks |
Answer» D. Tracks |
159. |
In disk storage devices the width of head is: |
A. | Same of the track |
B. | More than of the track |
C. | Less than of the track |
D. | None is true. |
Answer» A. Same of the track |
160. |
In a fixed head disk, the number of read/write head per track are |
A. | One |
B. | Two |
C. | Three |
D. | Four. |
Answer» A. One |
161. |
CD defines |
A. | Computer device |
B. | Computer disk |
C. | Compact disk |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Compact disk |
162. |
A-Fixed-Head disk, B-Movable-Head disk, 1- One head per track and al head are mounted on rigid arm that extends across all tracks. 2- Only one head and head is mounted on the arm, such that it can position the track. |
A. | A – 1, B – 2 |
B. | A – 2, B – 1 |
C. | A – 1, B – 1 |
D. | A – 2, B – 2 |
Answer» A. A – 1, B – 2 |
163. |
The record is the collection of |
A. | Fields |
B. | Files |
C. | Data base |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Fields |
164. |
In File system architecture which is the correct arrangement from lower level to higher. |
A. | Device drives, basic file system, basic I/ O supervisor, logical I/O. |
B. | Basic file system, basic I/O, logical I/O, device drives. |
C. | Basic I/O, basic file system, logical I/O, device drives. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Device drives, basic file system, basic I/ O supervisor, logical I/O. |
165. |
In file management system the following communicate directly with periphing I/O devices. |
A. | Device drives |
B. | Basic file system |
C. | Basic I/O supervisor |
D. | Logical I/O. |
Answer» A. Device drives |
166. |
For file management, in file operations device drivers are |
A. | Disk drivers |
B. | Tape drivers |
C. | A and B both |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. A and B both |
167. |
In file management, the primary interface of computer system with external environment is done through |
A. | Device drivers |
B. | Basic file system |
C. | Basic I/O supervisor |
D. | Logical I/O. |
Answer» B. Basic file system |
168. |
In file management, users and applications access records via |
A. | Physical I/O |
B. | Basic I/O supervisor |
C. | Logical I/O |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» C. Logical I/O |
169. |
Match the following for file system architecture : A-Basic file system, B-Logical I/O module, 1- Deals with blocks of data, 2- Deals with file records, 3- Provides general purpose record I/O capacity. |
A. | A – 1, B – 2, 3 |
B. | A – 1, 2, B – 3 |
C. | A – 2, 3, B – 1 |
D. | A – 1, 3, B – 2 |
Answer» A. A – 1, B – 2, 3 |
170. |
Match the following access rights :A-Specific user, B-User group, C-All ; 1- Individual user who are designated by user I, 2-A set of users who are individually defined, 3-Every user has access to the system. |
A. | A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
B. | A – 2, B – 1, C – 3 |
C. | A – 1, B – 3, C – 2 |
D. | A – 3, B – 2, C – 1 |
Answer» A. A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
171. |
In file management, the pile |
A. | The collection of data in order which they arrive. |
B. | A fixed format used for records. |
C. | Records keep with some key sequence. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. The collection of data in order which they arrive. |
172. |
In file management, in the following record blocking method, the optional use of space is made, without unused space left |
A. | Fixed blocking |
B. | Variable-length spanned blocking |
C. | Variable-length un-spanned blocking |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Variable-length spanned blocking |
173. |
In secondary storage management, “If allocation of file is made on an individual block basis and each block contains a pointer to the next block in the chain” then it is referred as |
A. | Contiguous allocation |
B. | Chained allocation |
C. | Indexed allocation |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Chained allocation |
174. |
In secondary storage management, bit table, for each block on disk a vector contains |
A. | One bit each block |
B. | Two bit each block |
C. | Three bit each block |
D. | Four bit each block. |
Answer» A. One bit each block |
175. |
In bit table used for Free space management in secondary storage |
A. | Bit zero corresponds to free block |
B. | Bit one corresponds to free block |
C. | Bit zero corresponds to block in use |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Bit zero corresponds to free block |
176. |
The amount of memory (in bytes) required for a block bitmap is |
A. | Disk size × 8 |
B. | Disk size/ (8 × file system block size) |
C. | File system block size/disk size |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Disk size/ (8 × file system block size) |
177. |
In 16 G byte disk with 512-bit block, the bit table requires |
A. | 1 M bytes |
B. | 2 M bytes |
C. | 3 M bytes |
D. | 4 M bytes. |
Answer» D. 4 M bytes. |
178. |
Application Programming Interface is |
A. | A set of function and call programs that allows clients and servers to intercommunicate. |
B. | A database, where information access is limited to the selection of rows that satisfy all search criteria. |
C. | A computer usually a high powered work station. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. A set of function and call programs that allows clients and servers to intercommunicate. |
179. |
If in a computer networking environment when all the processing is done on single computer can be referred as |
A. | Host based processing |
B. | Server based processing |
C. | Client based processing |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Host based processing |
180. |
In three tier client/server architecture application software match the following: A- User machine, 1-Client, B- Middle-tier, 2- Application server, C- Backend server, 3 Data servers. |
A. | A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
B. | A – 1, B – 3, C – 2 |
C. | A – 2, B – 1, C – 3 |
D. | A – 3, B – 2, C – 1 |
Answer» A. A – 1, B – 2, C – 3 |
181. |
UNIX was developed by |
A. | Bell Labs for PDP-7 in 1970 |
B. | Microsoft for IBM computers |
C. | Macintosh |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Bell Labs for PDP-7 in 1970 |
182. |
UNIX is a |
A. | Operating system |
B. | Hardware |
C. | Programming language |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Operating system |
183. |
In UNIX process management, the system process runs in |
A. | Kernel mode only |
B. | Kernel and user mode both |
C. | User mode only |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. Kernel mode only |
184. |
In UNIX process management, the user processes runs in |
A. | Kernel mode only |
B. | Kernel and user mode both |
C. | User mode only |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» B. Kernel and user mode both |
185. |
In UNIX process management, the following is true |
A. | User process enters kernel mode by issuing a system call when interrupt occurs. |
B. | Kernel mode is executed in user process. |
C. | User process enters kernel mode with out issuing a system call when interrupt occurs. |
D. | None of these. |
Answer» A. User process enters kernel mode by issuing a system call when interrupt occurs. |
186. |
The number of process states recognized by UNIX |
A. | Two |
B. | Nine |
C. | Eight |
D. | Seven. |
Answer» B. Nine |
187. |
In process management of UNIX system, which of the following process states are running states in respect of whether the process is executing in user or kernel mode |
A. | Ready to run (in memory) state |
B. | Ready to run (in swappe(D) state |
C. | Preempted state |
D. | A and C are true |
Answer» D. A and C are true |
188. |
A task in a blocked state is |
A. | Executable |
B. | Waiting for some temporarily unavailable resource |
C. | Running |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Waiting for some temporarily unavailable resource |
189. |
Semaphores |
A. | are used to do I/O |
B. | Synchronize critical resources to prevent contention |
C. | synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock. |
D. | allow processes to communicate with one another. |
Answer» C. synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock. |
190. |
Priorities |
A. | are used to schedule processes |
B. | increase as a process remains in the processor |
C. | are attached to each page in the system |
D. | are assigned by the user. |
Answer» A. are used to schedule processes |
191. |
Dijkstra’s banker’s algorithm in an operating-system solves the problem of |
A. | deadlock avoidance |
B. | deadlock recovery |
C. | mutual exclusion |
D. | context switching |
Answer» A. deadlock avoidance |
192. |
Which structure prohibits the sharing of files and directories |
A. | tree structure |
B. | one level structure |
C. | two level structure |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these |
193. |
With round-robin CPU scheduling in a time shared system |
A. | using very large time slices degenerates into First-Come First Served Algorithm |
B. | using extremely small time slices improves performance |
C. | using very small time slices degenerate into Last-In-First-Out algorithm |
D. | using medium sized time slices leades to Shortest Request Time First algorithm. |
Answer» A. using very large time slices degenerates into First-Come First Served Algorithm |
194. |
The portion of the process scheduler in an operating system that dispatches processes is concerned with |
A. | activating suspended I/O-bound processes |
B. | temporarily suspending processes when CPU load is too great |
C. | assigning ready processes to the CPU |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» C. assigning ready processes to the CPU |
195. |
Following is the correct definition of a valid process transition within an operating system |
A. | wake up : ready – running |
B. | dispatch: ready – running |
C. | block: ready – blocked |
D. | timer run out : ready – blocked |
Answer» B. dispatch: ready – running |
196. |
I/O redirection |
A. | implies changing the name of a file |
B. | can be employed to use an exiting file as input file for a program |
C. | implies connection to programs through a pipe |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. can be employed to use an exiting file as input file for a program |
197. |
When an interrupt occurs, an operating system |
A. | ignores the interrupt |
B. | always changes state of interrupted process after processing the interrupt |
C. | always resumes execution of interrupted process after processing the interrupt |
D. | may change state of interrupted process to blocked and schedule another process |
Answer» D. may change state of interrupted process to blocked and schedule another process |
198. |
Thrashing |
A. | reduces page I/O |
B. | decreases the degree of multi- programming |
C. | implies excessive page I/O |
D. | improve the system performance |
Answer» C. implies excessive page I/O |
199. |
Dirty bit for a page in a page table |
A. | helps avoid unnecessary writes on a paging device |
B. | helps maintain LRU information |
C. | allows only read on a page |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. helps avoid unnecessary writes on a paging device |
200. |
A set of resources allocations such that the system can allocate resources to each process is some order, and still avoid a dead lock is called |
A. | unsafe state |
B. | safe state |
C. | Starvation |
D. | Greedy allocation |
Answer» B. safe state |
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