CS604 - Operating System

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MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring

2012
CS604 - Operating System
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground

► fg
► bg
► jobs
► kill

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commands in Linux is used to copy file
►is
►cp
►mv
►mkdir

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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _.
►0
►1
►2
►3

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In addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.

► Symmetric
► Asymmetric
► Both symmetric and asymmetric
► None of the given options

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A solution to the critical section problem must satisfy the following requirements
►Progress
►Mutual exclusion
►Bounded Waiting
►All of these

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Typically the execlp system call is used after a fork system call.
►True
►False

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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
►True
►False

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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the

►Turnaround time
►Waiting time
►Response time
►None of all these

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Each process must first request permission to enter its critical section. The section of code implementing this
request is called the

►entry section
►Critical Section
►remainder section
►None of all these

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IPC provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize their actions without sharing
the same

►Address space
►Address Name
►Address ID
►None of all these

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 MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring
2011
CS604 - Operating System

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Linux is a version of operating system.

► OS/2
► Windows
► Unix
► None of the above
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.

►. (dot)
► # ( hash )
► / (slash)
► ~ (tilt)
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Mkfifo() is a .

► Library Call
► Command
► Directory
► None of Above

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command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
► ps
► top
► who
► ls
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Time interval when the I/O Devices are accessed is known as --------.
► CPU Burst
► IO Burst
► Time Slice
► None of Above

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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.

► Context switching
► scheduling
► quantum period
► latency
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directory includes essential system boot files including the kernel image.
► /bin
► /boot
► /dev
► /etc
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scheduling algorithm is sometimes called shortest remaining time first scheduling algorithm.

► Non-preemptive SJF
► Priority Scheduling
► Preemptive Shortest Job First
► FCFS
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as .
► Spinlock
► Monitor
► Critical region
► Critical section
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.

► True
► False
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In ---------addressing; the recipient is not required to name the sender.
► Symmetric
► Asymmetric
► Both symmetric and asymmetric
► None of the given options

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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive

► True
► False
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A program in execution is called a .

► Command
► Process
► Software
► Compiler
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
► Software based solution
► Firmware based solution
► Operating system based solution
► Hardware based solution
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
► User interface
► Hardware
► Kernel
► None of the given options

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The manual pages can be read in Linux using command.

► man
► wan
► desc
► help

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 MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring
2010
CS604 - Operating System

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The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
► Interrupt
► Signal
► Trap
► Process

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You can display the contents (names of files and directories) of a directory in UNIX/Linux directory structure
with the --------------- command.

►ll
►s
► ls
► none of the given options

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The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.
► fork
► wait
► exec
► exit

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In ---------addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
► Symmetric
► Asymmetric
► Both symmetric and asymmetric
► None of the given options

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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
► ps
► top
► who
► ls

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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
► fg
► bg
► jobs
► kill

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You can use the ------------- command to display the status of suspended and background processes

► fg
► bg
► jobs
► kill

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You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------

► <Ctrl-A>
► <Ctrl-C>
► <Ctrl-Z>
► None of the given options

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A time sharing system is
► Multi tasking
► Interactive
► Multi user
► All of these

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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
► Efficiency
► Large Virtual Memory
► Large secondary storage device
► Usability

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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
► /bin
► /dev
► /boot
► /lib

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scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.

► Long term
► Short term
► Medium term
► Swapper

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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_ mention the name of the recipient.
► do
► do not

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A is an integer variable that, apart from initialization is accessible only through two standard atomic
operations: wait and signal.

► Semaphore
► Monitor
► Critical region
► Critical section

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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as .

► Spinlock
► Monitor
► Critical region
► Critical section

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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive

► True
► False

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The performance of Round Robin algorithm does NOT depends heavily on the size of the time quantum.

► True
► False

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The following requirement for solving critical section problem is known as . “There exists a bound on
the number of times that other processes are allowed to enter their critical sections after a process has made a
request to enter its critical section and before that request is granted.”

► Progress
► Bounded Waiting
► Mutual Exclusion
► Critical Region

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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except

► Software based solution

► Firmware based solution
► Operating system based solution
► Hardware based solution

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is also called Swapper.

► Swap space
► Medium term scheduler
► Short term scheduler
► Long term scheduler

MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring

2010
CS604 - Operating System

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Linux OS can support multiple users at a time

►True
►False

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Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The Operating system is a layer of software between _ and .

►hardware, software application

►Kernel, hardware
►Dos, Windows
►Windows, Kernel

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The major advantage of multi-programming system is

►More than one jobs can be processed at a given time

►CPU utilization can be increased
►Jobs can be completed quickly
►All of the options are correct

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The main characteristic of a Real time system is

►Efficiency
►Large Virtual Memory
►Large secondary storage device
►Usability

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Command-line interpreter is also called in some operating systems.
►Kernel
►Shell
►Signal
►API

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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
►True
►False

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In Linux directory structure, there is root directory.
►1
►2
►3
►4

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Utilities used for system administration (halt, ifconfig, fdisk, etc.) are stored in directory.

►/dev
►/boot
►/lib
►/sbin
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rm and [r]mkdir commands are used to directory.

►Create
►Move
►Remove
►Modify

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You can use the mv file1 file2 command to move

►file1 to file2.
►file 2 to file 1
►this command will not work for moving files
►None of the option is correct.
►Both option a and b are correct

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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as

►Context Switching
►Dispatching
►Swapping
►Tracking

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A Process that has finished working, as well as its parent process has also finished its execution. In this state the
process A will be called as process.

►Child
►Thread
►Zombie
►Fork

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Bounded Buffer is a buffer of size
►variable
►fixed

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In communication the process which wants to communicate with the other process must explicitly
name the recipient and the sender.
►Direct
►Indirect
►Automatic
►Self

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In indirect inter process communication, a sender mention the name of the recipient.
►does
►does not

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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is

►1
►2
►3
►0

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If the fork system call fails, it returns

►1
►-1
►2
►0

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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number

►1
►2
►3
►4

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 MIDTERM EXAMINATION Spring
2009
CS604 - Operating System

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----

►1024 bytes
►10242 bytes
►10243 bytes
►1000000 bytes

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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------

►Hardware
►User interface
►Hardware
►Kernel
►None of the given options

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------------has a hierarchical file system structure.

►DOS
►Windows
►UNIX
►None of the given options

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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.

►rmdir
►mkdir
►cp
►gcc

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Files that start with a -------- in UNIX/Linux directory structure are known as hidden files .

►. (dot)
►# ( hash )
►/ (slash)
►~ (tilt)

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The creating process is called a--------------- process while the new processes are called the -------------- of that
process

►None of the given options

►Children, parent
►Parent, children
►Zombie, single

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buffer places no practical limit on the size of the buffer

►Bounded
►Unbounded
►Both Unbounded & bounded
►None of the given options

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The are used for communication between related or unrelated processes on the same system or
unrelated
processes on different systems.

►Pipes
►BSD Sockets
►Named pipe (FIFO)
►None of the given options

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A is an abstract key for accessing a file.

►File descriptor
►Input Redirection
►Output Redirection
►FIFO

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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.

►ps
►top
►who
►ls

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You can display all of the signals supported by your system, along with their numbers, by using the
-----------
command

►<Ctrl-A>
►fg
►jobs
►kill -l

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The time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as the-----------.

►Dispatch latency
►Scheduling
►Context switching
►None of the given options

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First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) is a --------------scheduling algorithm.

►preemptive
►non-preemptive
►both preemptive and non- preemptive
►none of the given options

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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be

►Preemptive only
►non-preemptive only
►preemptive or non-preemptive.
►None of the given options

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Preemptive ----------------scheduling is sometimes called shortestremaining-time-first scheduling.

►First-Come-First-Served (FCFS)
►Round-Robin
►Sorted Job First (SJF)
►Priority

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The basic purpose of is to help the users to utilize the hardware resources for
completing
different tasks in a simplified manner

►Operating system
►Application software
►All Software
►All of the given

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OS helps manages the following except

►Application software
►Bus speed of the system
►Memory
►Virtual memory

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scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.

►Long term
►Short term
►Medium term
►Swapper

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A parent process calling system call will be suspended until children process terminates.

►wait
►fork
►exit
►exec

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n-process critical section problem can be solved by using

►The bakery algorithm

►Deterministing modeling
►Analytic evaluation
►None of above

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 CS604 - Operating System
Solved Quizzes (1 and 2)

Quiz No.1 Dated Dec 04, 2012

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is a piece of code in a cooperating process in which the process may updates shared data
(variable, file, database, etc.).

►Critical analysis
►Critical section
►Critical path
►Critical code

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Round Robin algorithm is similar to scheduling but preemption is added to switch between
processes.

►Shortest job first

►Shortest Remaining Time First
►First Come First Server
►None of these

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DOS is single user operating system.

►True
►False

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A process is said to be in critical section if it executes code that manipulates shared data

►True
►False

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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number

►1
►2
►3
►4

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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is .

►Deadlock
►Aging
►Starvation
►None of the these

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All threads within a process share the address space.

►Same
►Different

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displays information about the top processes.

►Is
►Cs
►Top
►Cd

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The scheduling of are done by the operating system.

►Kernel threads
►User level threads
►Both kernel and user level thread
►None of the give option

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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the

►File
►Screen
►Printer
►Scanner

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POSIX is a standard developed by ANSI

►IEEE
►ISO
►ACM

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is the basis of queuing theory which is branch of mathematics used to analyze systems
involving queues
and servers.

►Little’s Formula
►Deterministic modeling
►Queuing Theory
►Queuing Analysis

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is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.

►Starvation
►Deadlock
►Aging
►None of the these

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The priority of a process can be changed using command.

►nice
►cmd
►Cat
►grep

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Batch programs are usually programs.

►Interactive
►Non-interactive
►Foreground
►Preemptive

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A process consists of
►One or more threads
►Code
►Data
►All of the given

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/usr/X11R6 is used by the X Window System.

►True
►False

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command displays the contents of current working directory.

►Is
►Cs
►Mv

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Linux uses directory to store system configuration files.

►/bin
►/dev
►/boot
►/etc

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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.

►1
►0

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If your processor does not have two slots empty in Per Process File Descriptor Table, then your
system call
will fail.

►Pipe
►read
►write
►open

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First entries in Per Process File Descriptor Table are used as soon as the process is created.
►1
►2
►3
►4

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The number of processes completed per unit time is called .

►Turn around time

►Throughput
►Response time
►Dispatch latency

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The procedure “The time at which the process finished working MINUS the arrival time of the process
MINUS CPU
burst for that process” will help calculate the .

►on-preemptive Shortest Job First scheduling.

►Preemptive Shortest Job First scheduling.
► FCFS
►RR Scheduling

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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
►True
►False

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is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
►/proc
►/temp
►/ver
►/boot

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The Home Directory for superuser in Linux and Unix is
►/home
►/root
►None of the given

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Linux Treats Devices as Files.
►True
►False

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An absolute pathname starts with the root directory (/) and a relative pathname starts with your home
directory.

►True
►False

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A pathname is the list of directories separated by .

►#
►$
►&
►/

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determines How to do something.

►Mechanism
►Policy
►Mechanism and Policy:
►None of the given

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User Goal of OS is that It easy to use, reliable, safe and fast.

►True
►False

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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.

►True
►False

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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on _.

►Layered
►Micro Kernal
►Virtual Machine
►None of The Given

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In Layered Approach of OS, the Layer highest Layer is User Interface layer.

►True
►False

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In Layered approach of OS, Lowest Layer is known as .

►Software Layer
►Hardware Layer
►Lower Level Layer
►None of The Given

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Operating System is the Manager of Hardware Resources.
►True
►False
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An operating system is a control program that manages the execution of user programs to prevent errors and
improper use of a computer.

►True
►False

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The bottom-up view is that operating system is a resource manager who manages the hardware and software
resources in
the computer system.

►True
►False

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determines What will be done.

►Mechanism
►Policy
►Mechanism and Policy
►None of the given

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copy file1 file2 is an example of OS view.

►Top down
►Bottum Up

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The Top-down view is that it is a program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the
computer
hardware, and makes the computer system convenient to use.

►True
►False

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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except

►Allocating storage space

►Deallocating Storage
►Prevent Overwritting
►Insure integrity of shared data

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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to them.

►Regenetrate
►Execute
►Store
►Remove

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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.

►True
►False

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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of .

►Hardware
►Application
►Operating System
►Users

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Which of the Following is not an Operating System.

►Linux
►Unix
►Windows Xp
►Datebase

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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.

►True
►False

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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.

►CPU
►OS
►I/O Devices
►Memory

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Hardware provide basic computing resource.

►True
►False

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is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.

►First Come First Serve

►Shortest Job First
►Round Robin
►None of these

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The priorities of processes in the group remain fixed.

►Kernel
►User

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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
►True
►False

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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard input file is attached to the
►Mouse
►Keyboard
►Light pen
►Joystick

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The nice value helps in assigning to a process.

►Priority
►Weight
►Time
►Scheduling

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integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling

►Small
►Large

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If a system is not in a safe state, there can be No deadlocks.

►True
►False

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A dashed line is used to represent a in Resource Allocation Graph.

►Claim edge
►Request edge
►Assignment edge
►Allocation edge

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The process of holding at least one resource and waiting to acquire additional resources that are currently being
held by other processes is known as .

►Mutual exclusion
►Hold and wait
►No preemption
►Circular wait

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In Resource Allocation Graph, A Pi →Rj indicates that process Pi may request resource Rj at some
time in the future.

►Claim edge
►Request edge
►Assignment edge
►Allocation edge

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If the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock then it said to be in
state.

►Safe
►Unsafe
►Mutual
►Starvation

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A condition where a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held by
another process in the set is termed as .
►Deadlock
►Starvation

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The following is NOT a classical problem of synchronization

►Bounded buffer problem

►Reader writer problem
►Dining philosopher‟s problem
►Counting semaphore problem

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The integer value of semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.

►Counting
►Binary
►Mutex
►Bounded buffer

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The condition in which a set {P0, P1… Pn} of waiting processes must exist such that P0 is waiting for a
resource that is held by P1, P1 is waiting for a resource that is held by P2, and so on, Pn-1 is waiting for a
resource held by Pn, and Pn is waiting for a resource held by P0. This condition is known as .

►Mutual exclusion
►Hold and wait
►No preemption
►Circular wait

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You can use the rm file1 command to file1

►Retrieve
►Remove
►Make
►modify

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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is

►gcc program.c –o FirstPrgram

►gcc –o FirstProgram program.c
►gcc –z FirstProgram program.c
►gcc program.c –m FirstPrgram

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Using _system, we can create a new process in Linux.

►Fork
► exec
►wait
►exit

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Cooperating processes never share any data, code, memory or state.

►True
►False

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command display the status of a process.

►ls
►ps
►gcc
►cat

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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.

►True
►False

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system call is used to write to a file or FIFO or any other IPC channel.

►read
►write
►ope
n
►fork

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A Process „A‟ that has finished working but its parent process has also finished its execution. In this state the
process „A‟
will be called as process.

►Chil
d
►Threa
d
►Zombie
►Fork

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scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
►Round
Robin
►First Come First
Serve
►Multilevel Feedback Queue
►Shortest Remaining Time
First

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Round Robin algorithm is most suitable for .

Time sharing system

Real time systems and batch

systems Running Batch programs
Expert
system

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Kernel is responsible for scheduling the user level threads.
►True
►False
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A ---------------- (or an exception) is a software-generated interrupt caused either by an error (division by zero
or invalid
memory access) or by a user request for an operating system service.

► Interrupt
► Trap
► Signal
► Process

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Which register holds the smallest legal physical memory address for a process?

► Base register
► Limit register
► Status register
► None of the given options

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The --------------semaphore provides mutual exclusion for accesses to the buffer pool and is initialized to the
value 1.
► mutex
► binary
► couting
► none of the given options

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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
► 0 and n
► 0 and 0
► 0 and 1
► None of the given options

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Physical memory is broken down into fixed-sized blocks, called----------- and Logical memory is divided
into blocks of the same size, called -----------

► Frames, pages
► Pages, Frames
► Frames, holes
► Holes, segments

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A page table needed for keeping track of pages of the page table is called --------------
► 2-level paging
► Page directory
► Page size
► Page table size

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The address generated by the CPU, after any indexing or other addressing-mode arithmetic, is called a --------
address, and the address it gets translated to by the MMU is called a ---------address.

►Virtual, physical
► Hexadecimal, Binary,
► Valid, invalid
► Physical, Virtual

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Each page is a power of -------- bytes long in paging scheme.

►2
►3
►4
►5

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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?

► Operating System
► Device Drivers
► Application Software
► Hardware

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Which of the following is correct definition for wait operation?
► wait(S) {
while(S<=0)
;// no o
S--;
}
► wait(S) {
S++;
}
► wait(S) {
while(S>=0)
;// no op
S--;
}
► wait(S) {
S--;
}

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In deadlock detection and recovery algorithm, a deadlock exists in the system if and only if the wait for graph
contains a

► Cycle
► Graph
► Edge
► Node

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------------ register contains the size of the process

►Base register
►Index register
►Limit register
►Stack pointers register

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The -----------scheme is not applicable to a resource allocation system with multiple instances of each
resource type.

►Wait for graph

►Resource allocation graph
►Both Resource-allocation and wait-for graph
► None of the given options

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algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.

►Bakery
►Banker’s
►Mutual exclusion
►Safe Sequence

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What do we name to an address that is loaded into the memory-address register of the memory?

►Logical address
►Physical address
►Binary addresses
►None of the given options

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Cache is non-volatile memory.

►True
►False

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A system call

►Is an entry point into the kernel code

►Allows a program to request a kernel service
►Is a technique to protect I/O devices and other system resources
►All of the these

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The condition where a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held
by another
process in the set, is termed as .

►Deadlock
►Starvation

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Banker‟s algorithm is used for

►Deadlock avoidance
►Deadlock detection
►Deadlock prevention
►Deadlock removal

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The requires that once a writer is ready, that writer performs its write as soon as possible , if a writer
waiting to access the object, no new readers may start reading.

►first readers-writers problem

►second readers-writers problem
►third readers-writers problem
►fourth readers-writers problem

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is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.

►Semaphore
►Mutex
►Busy w aiting
►Signal

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The integer value of semaphores can not be greater than 1.

►Counting
►Binary
►Mutex
►Bounded buffer

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Starvation is infinite blocking caused due to unavailability of resources.

►True
►False

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Operating System provides services such as Managing Primary and Secondary Storage, Processes and
Allowing user to manage his/her files and directories.

►True
►False

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is used in real time operating systems.

►Non-preemptive scheduling
►Preemptive scheduling
►Dispatching scheduling
►FCFS scheduling

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Preventing a condition of to happen, deadlocks can be prevented to happen.

►Critical region
►Circular wait
►Monitors
►Critical section

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