Computer Engineering Operating System Test 1

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Computer Engineering Operating System Test 1 - Quiz

This is an evaluation exam for computer engineering students who are enrolled in operating systems.

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1.

What are the 6 operating system tasks?
- A.
  
  Application programming interface
- B.
  
  Application software
- C.
  
  Processor management
- D.
  
  Memory management
- E.
  
  I/O management
- F.
  
  Device management
- G.
  
  Storage management
- H.
  
  Application interface
- I.
  
  User interface
2.

___________________ are special signals sent by hardware or software to the CPU
3.

All of the information needed to keep track of a process when switching is kept in a data package called?
- A.
  
  Process control block
- B.
  
  Process control execution
- C.
  
  Interrupt
- D.
  
  All of the above
4.

How THRASHING works?
- A.
  
  When the system begin to use the vast majority of its available cpu cycles
- B.
  
  When cpu cycles perform swapping of all its resources in the system memory
- C.
  
  When the operating system itself requires some extra memory use
- D.
  
  None of the above
5.

How do we avoid THRASHING?
- A.
  
  Reducing the use of the system memory
- B.
  
  Eliminate or minimize various tasks
- C.
  
  Minimize process control block
- D.
  
  All of the above
6.

What is Symmetric operating systems?
- A.
  
  Divide application processes among the remaining CPUs
- B.
  
  Divide its process in the memory cache
- C.
  
  Distribute its process to the available cpu
- D.
  
  All of the above
7.

What is the used of high-speed cache?
- A.
  
  Serves as virtual RAM under the control of the operating system
- B.
  
  Memory that are available to the CPU through the fastest connections
- C.
  
  Random access memory that you see measured in megabytes when you buy a computer
- D.
  
  Non of the above
8.

The operating system most balance the needs of the various processes so that it could generate an output.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

There are such wide differences in the hardware controlled through drivers, there are differences in the way that the driver programs function.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

One reason that drivers are separate from the operating system is so that new functions can be added to the driver.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

What will be the use of the queues and buffers?
- A.
  
  To facilitate the storage I/O devices
- B.
  
  To Manage I/O devices
- C.
  
  Support number of processes are running and taking up processor time
- D.
  
  All of the above
12.

What is the use of API?
- A.
  
  Serves as the interface both application and operating system
- B.
  
  Use the functions of the computer and operating systems w/o directly contact in the CPU
- C.
  
  Create an interface for hardware processes
- D.
  
  All of the above
13.

What is NetBooting?
- A.
  
  Server over the network connection
- B.
  
  Remote computer connection
- C.
  
  Remote access
- D.
  
  All of the above
14.

Is a completely conventional OS that was being written entirely in assembler by two teenagers as a programming challenge.
- A.
  
  LOS
- B.
  
  SQOS
- C.
  
  EQS
- D.
  
  None of the above
15.

Tao OS formerly known as?
- A.
  
  OS/2 Warp
- B.
  
  Elate
- C.
  
  Unix
- D.
  
  None of the above
16.

GUI stands for:
- A.
  
  Graphical Use Interpreter
- B.
  
  Graphical User Interface
- C.
  
  Graphical User Intended
- D.
  
  None of the above
17.

One of the responsibilities of the operating system
- A.
  
  Perform basic tasks
- B.
  
  Ensure programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other
- C.
  
  Maintain reliability and scalability
- D.
  
  Can run any many different platforms
18.

The term ____________ refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables?
- A.
  
  Information
- B.
  
  Data
- C.
  
  Prototype
- D.
  
  Validation
19.

What is a resource?
- A.
  
  Object that could link in any part of the operating systems asset
- B.
  
  Is any object which can be allocated within a system
- C.
  
  Composition of different hardware peripherals
- D.
  
  A resource is any aid or assistance allocated in a system memory
20.

How can a resource be shared in operating system?
- A.
  
  Can be shared and divided into two categories namely applications software and system software
- B.
  
  Resources can be shared in any application who needs assistance for productivity enhancement
- C.
  
  It provides a general programming environment in which could help the developer create specific application tasks
- D.
  
  Resources can be shared either through time multiplexing or space multiplexing