Computer Engineering Operating System Test 1
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This is an evaluation exam for computer engineering students who are enrolled in operating systems.
- 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.
- 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
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