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OPS MCQ Questions

This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about operating systems and related topics like DOS, Windows, Linux, file systems, memory management, and more. The questions are part of a test for the class TYCM-A taught by Prof. A.D. Cholke in the 2021-22 academic year. Possible answers are provided for each question about concepts like operating system components, file systems, memory management, and different operating systems.

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OPS MCQ Questions

This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about operating systems and related topics like DOS, Windows, Linux, file systems, memory management, and more. The questions are part of a test for the class TYCM-A taught by Prof. A.D. Cholke in the 2021-22 academic year. Possible answers are provided for each question about concepts like operating system components, file systems, memory management, and different operating systems.

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Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.

Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

1) Which of the following is not an operating system?

a) Windows
b) Linux
c) Oracle
d) DOS

2) What is the maximum length of the filename in DOS?

a) 4
b) 5
c) 8
d) 12

3) When was the first operating system developed?

a) 1948
b) 1949
c) 1950
d) 1951

4) When were MS windows operating systems proposed?

a) 1994
b) 1990
c) 1992
d) 1985
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

5) Which of the following is the extension of Notepad?

a) .txt
b) .xls
c) .ppt
d) .bmp

6) What else is a command interpreter called?

a) prompt
b) kernel
c) shell
d) command

7) What is the full name of FAT?

a) File attribute table


b) File allocation table
c) Font attribute table
d) Format allocation table

8) BIOS is used?

a) By operating system
b) By compiler
c) By interpreter
d) Basic Input Output System
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

9) What is the mean of the Booting in the operating system?

a) Restarting computer
b) Install the program
c) To scan
d) To turn off

10) When does page fault occur?

a) The page is present in memory.


b) The deadlock occurs.
c) The page does not present in memory.
d) The buffering occurs.

11) Banker's algorithm is used?

a) To prevent deadlock
b) To deadlock recovery
c) To solve the deadlock
d) None of these

12) When you delete a file in your computer, where does it go?

a) Recycle bin
b) Hard disk
c) Taskbar
d) None of these
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

13) Which is the Linux operating system?

a) Private operating system


b) Windows operating system
c) Open-source operating system
d) None of these

14) What is the full name of the DSM?

e) Direct system module


f) Direct system memory
g) Demoralized system memory
h) Distributed shared memory

15) What is the full name of the IDL?

a. Interface definition language


b. Interface direct language
c. Interface data library
d. None of these

16) What is bootstrapping called?

a. Cold boot
b. Cold hot boot
c. Cold hot strap
d. Hot boot
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

17) What is the fence register used for?

a. To disk protection
b. To CPU protection
c. To memory protection
d. None of these

18) If the page size increases, the internal fragmentation is also?..?

a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remains constant
d. None of these

19) Which of the following is a single-user operating system?

a. Windows
b. MAC
c. Ms-Dos
d. None of these

20) The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following?

a. CPU
b. RAM
c. Address bus
d. Data bus
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

21) If a page number is not found in the translation lookaside buffer, then it is known as a?

a. Translation Lookaside Buffer miss


b. Buffer miss
c. Translation Lookaside Buffer hit
d. All of the mentioned

22) Which of the following is not application software?

a. Windows 7
b. WordPad
c. Photoshop
d. MS-excel

23) Which of the following supports Windows 64 bit?

a. Window XP
b. Window 2000
c. Window 1998
d. None of these

24) Which of the following windows does not have a start button?

a. Windows 7
b. Windows 8
c. Windows XP
d. None of these
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

25) Which of the following operating systems does not support more than one program at a
time?

a. Linux
b. Windows
c. MAC
d. DOS

26) Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock?

a. Mutual exclusion
b. Hold and wait
c. Circular wait
d. No preemption
e. All of these

27) Who provides the interface to access the services of the operating system?

a. API
b. System call
c. Library
d. Assembly instruction

28) Where are placed the list of processes that are prepared to be executed and waiting?

a. Job queue
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

b. Ready queue
c. Execution queue
d. Process queue

29) Who among the following can block the running process?

a. Fork
b. Read
c. Down
d. All of these

30) Which of the following does not interrupt the running process?

a. Timer interrupt
b. Device
c. Power failure
d. Scheduler process

31) What is Microsoft window?

a. Operating system
b. Graphics program
c. Word Processing
d. Database program

32) Which of the following is group of programs?


Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

a. Accessories
b. Paint
c. Word
d. All of above

33) Which of the following is an example of a Real Time Operating System?

a. MAC
b. MS-DOS
c. Windows 10
d. Process Control

34) Which of the following operating systems do you use for a client-server network?

a. MAC
b. Linux
c. Windows XP
d. Windows 2000

35) Which windows was introduced to My Computer?

a. Windows 10
b. Windows XP
c. Windows 95
d. Windows 98
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

36) What type of commands are required to perform various tasks in DOS?

a. Internal commands
b. External commands
c. Valuable commands
d. Primary commands

37) What is the number of characters contained in the primary name of the file of MS-DOS?

a. Up to 8 characters
b. 3 characters
c. Up to 10 characters
d. None of the above

38) Which command is used to fetch a group (.doc) of files that have just been deleted?

a. Undelete
b. Undelete/all
c. Undelete *.doc
d. All of above

39) Which of the following is system software?

a. Operating system
b. Compiler
c. Utilities
d. All of the above
Academic Year 2021-22 Prof.A.D.Cholke
Class:TYCM-A

40) Which program runs first after booting the computer and loading the GUI?

a. Desktop Manager
b. File Manager
c. Windows Explorer
d. Authentication

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