Operating System – Set 3 January 28, 2025 by aasi Home › Computer Operator › Operating System Operating System Operating System – Set 3 📝 Model Practice Set ⚡ Instant Answers & Explanation 🎯 Exam Oriented 0% Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Operating System – Set 3 Dear ! This is Operating System – Set 3 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) Since virus are only a form of software, they primarily infect–? Programs Data Hardware None of these 2 / 50 2) Which is the following does not support more than one program at a time ? Linux Windows UNIX DOS 3 / 50 3) Which operating system can you give smallest file name ? Windows NT DOS Windows Ps/2 4 / 50 4) What is the name of the latest server operating system developed by microsoft? Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows NT Windows 2003 5 / 50 5) Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system ? process Control Windows XP Lynx MS DOS 6 / 50 6) Group of instructions that directs a computer is called–? Memory Programs Logic CPU 7 / 50 7) you should choose Sleep option when you finish working and going to bed when computer gets hanged frequently . Let it sleep for some time you are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly The computer is tried after working for the whole day 8 / 50 8) What programs runs first after computer is booted and loading GUI ? Desktop manager Authentication File manager Windows Explorer 9 / 50 9) Which of the following is not an operating system ? Linux Oracle E. CP/M Windows XP Solaris 10 / 50 10) An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is–? Over lapped processing On-line thesaurus Multi user Multiprogramming 11 / 50 11) A popular operating system used with micro-computer is–? DOS Embedded XENIX UNIX 12 / 50 12) CPU registers are often used to _____. None of these responses are correct saves memory for storing programs store values for reuse by other user programs passes parameters to the operating system 13 / 50 13) The list of processes waiting for a particular I/O device is called a/n ____. device queue interrupt queue standby queue ready queue 14 / 50 14) which of the following is an example of a systems program ? text formatter command interpreter Web browser database system 15 / 50 15) What type of computer programming is used for airplane ticket reservation system? Real time programming Single Time sharing Multi programming 16 / 50 16) The software that performs the specific jobs to be done in a business is called? System software Utilities OS Application software 17 / 50 17) In a virtual machine , each programs believes that it has _____. another "virtual" computer to assist in its operations its own memory multiple processors more memory than is physically available on the machine 18 / 50 18) What is the name of the latest server operating system developed by microsoft? Windows 2008 Windows server 2019 Windows 2003 Windows server 2016 19 / 50 19) Two important design issues for cache memory are ____ Speed and volatility Size and replacement policy Power consumption and reusability size and access privileges 20 / 50 20) Which of the following Operating system is better for implementing a Client Server Network ? Windows 2000 Windows 95 MS DOS Windows 98 21 / 50 21) An advantages to using a higher-level language to implement an operating system is d. Both (a) and (c) c. an operating system is far easier to port to some other hardware if it is written in a higher- level language b. modern computer science student do not learn machine language programming a. The code can be written faster, is compact, and is easier to understand and debug 22 / 50 22) In a virtual machine , each programs believes that it has _____. its own memory multiple processors more memory than is physically available on the machine another "virtual" computer to assist in its operations 23 / 50 23) A system program which helps the execution of user programs is known as……..? Application program Operating system System software Entertainment 24 / 50 24) The two mode of operation of an operating system are called _________. Process and kernel kernel and user interrupt and system ready and running 25 / 50 25) Which of the following is not considered a resource that may be allocated by an operating system ? memory CPU file system storage device 26 / 50 26) for a single-processor system ________ input-output always causes CPU slowdown processes spend long times waiting to execute there will never be more than one running process process scheduling is always optimal 27 / 50 27) The most common secondary storage device is ____. random access memory magnetic disk tape drive dynamic random access memory 28 / 50 28) The following are valid process states. Terminating , waiting, Threshing None of these responses is correct Running, Blocked, Waiting Next, Running, Halting 29 / 50 29) During the boot process, the …….. looks for the system files? BIOS DVD CPU CD 30 / 50 30) An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs instead of one is–? Multiprogramming On-line thesaurus Multi user Over lapped processing 31 / 50 31) In what way is an operating system like a government ? It seldom functions correctly It creates an environment within which other programs can do useful work It performs most useful functions by itself It is always concerned primarily with the individual's needs 32 / 50 32) Which of the following Windows do not have start Button ? None of these Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 33 / 50 33) Which of the following is a property of peer-to-peer systems ? They suffers from the server acting as the bottleneck in performance Separate machines act as either the client of the server but not both They do not offer any advantages over traditional client -server systems Clients and servers are not distinguished from one another 34 / 50 34) A hard disk becomes totally inaccessible when a computer virus corrupts its? Partition table Route directory Disk stack Cylinder 35 / 50 35) Most often , application programs access system resources using ________. System calls user threads Kernel threads application programs interfaces 36 / 50 36) A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is–? Multi-threading Multi programming Multiprocessing Modulation 37 / 50 37) A computer program that instruct other programs to perform a particular type of operation is–? Package software System software Compiler Interpreter 38 / 50 38) ctrl, shift and alt are called __________ keys. modifier function alphanumeric adjustment 39 / 50 39) If a programs terminates abnormally , a dump of memory may be examined by a ____ to determine the cause of the problem. shell debugger module control card 40 / 50 40) A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a— resident package? Memory CPU ALU Hard disk 41 / 50 41) Context switching between processes is carried out by the dispatcher interrupts handler thread manager short term scheduler 42 / 50 42) Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly ? MS DOS Windows 98 Windows XP Windows NT 43 / 50 43) A ____can be used to prevent a user program from never returning control to the operating system. timer portal program counter firewall 44 / 50 44) Which of the following processors use RISE technology? Processor 486sx 468dx Power PC 45 / 50 45) Embedded computers typically run on a ___ operating system Windows XP real-time network clustered 46 / 50 46) The processes of starting or restarting a computer system by loading instruction from a secondary storage device into the completer memory is called—? Booting Duping Padding Restarting 47 / 50 47) Bootstrap programs must be provided using ________. special magnetic disk tracks erasable-programmable memory volatile memory non-volatile ROM devices 48 / 50 48) Which one is not operating system? UNIX Os/2 P11 Windows 49 / 50 49) Medium-term scheduling is performed _______. None of these are correct when processes must be moved from waiting to ready state on processor in the ready queue typically on submitted jobs 50 / 50 50) My Computer was introduced from Windows 98 Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 3.11 Your score isThe average score is 0%🎉 Challenge alert! 💡 Share this quiz with your friends and see who scores the highest! 🏆🤩🔥 LinkedIn Facebook Follow Us @ 0% Restart quiz Exit We’d love to hear your thoughts! 📝 Share your valuable review with us. 🙌 🌟 Thank you for your support! Your feedback means the world to us. 🙏💖 Send feedback
