Placement papers on Operating System - Set 3
1. Super computers typically employ _______.
Real time Operating system
Multiprocessors OS
desktop OS
None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Multiprocessors OS
2. A page fault occurs
when the page is not in the memory
when the page is in the memory
when the process enters the blocked state
when the process is in the ready state
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: when the page is not in the memory
3. What is a shell ?
It is a hardware component
It is a command interpreter
It is a part in compiler
It is a tool in CPU scheduling
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: It is a command interpreter
4. In the blocked state
the processes waiting for I/O are found
the process which is running is found
the processes waiting for the processor are found
none of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: the processes waiting for I/O are found
5. Virtual memory is __________.
An extremely large main memory
An extremely large secondary memory
An illusion of extremely large main memory
A type of memory used in super computers.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: An illusion of extremely large main memory
6. If the Disk head is located initially at 32, find the number of disk moves required with FCFS if the disk queue of I/O blocks requests are 98,37,14,124,65,67.
310
324
315
321
View Answer / Hide Answer7. Multiprogramming systems ________.
Are easier to develop than single programming systems
Execute each job faster
Execute more jobs in the same time
Are used only on large main frame computers
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Execute more jobs in the same time
8. Which is not the state of the process ?
Blocked
Running
New
Privileged
View Answer / Hide Answer9. The solution to Critical Section Problem is : Mutual Exclusion, Progress and Bounded Waiting.
The statement is false
The statement is true.
The statement is contradictory.
None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: The statement is true.
10. The problem of thrashing is effected scientifically by ________.
Program structure
Program size
Primary storage size
None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Program structure