Course - Unit 3
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Unit 3 self-assessment
- 1.Which of the following is NOT a user interface?
- A.
Command line or shell
- B.
Graphical user interface
- C.
Web form interface
- D.
Printed output
- 2.The _________ generates the primitive commands that control a peripheral device.
- A.
CPU
- B.
IOCS
- C.
Memory Manager
- D.
Process Manager
- 3.The boot sector contains
- A.
Instructions to shut down the computer
- B.
Instructions to load the operating system into memory
- C.
The disk directory
- D.
A queue of programs to start up
- 4.A resident operating system routine is one that
- A.
resides on secondary storage
- B.
Is loaded as needed
- C.
Loads other programs
- D.
Stays in memory
- 5.The transient are of memory is used to hold application programs and transient operating system routines.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Multiprogramming is
- A.
The ability of the computer to run programs built using compilers, interpreters, or assemblers
- B.
The ability of the computer to run multiple programs concurrently
- C.
the ability of the computer force a user to login before running programs
- D.
The ability of the computer to communicate with other programs running remotely
- 7.Which of the follhttp://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/submit2.phpowing best describes a virtual memory system?
- A.
All of the program's pages reside on disk, and are executed on disk by the processor
- B.
Pages that are currently needed are brought into memory; the rest of the program's pages are swapped to disk
- C.
The program's pages are converted to object code only when they need to be executed
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Dynamic address translation:
- A.
Converts a programmer's symbolic address into an absolute address
- B.
Converts a bus address into a peripheral's address
- C.
Converts a transient memory location into a resident memory location
- D.
Converts a relative address into an absolute address
- 9.A programmer is concerned with ____________, and the operating system is concerned with _____________ to the device.
- A.
Logical I/O , physical I/O
- B.
Physical I/O , logical I/O
- C.
Physical I/O , peripheral I/O
- D.
Logical input , logical output
- 10.Dynamic memory management is a strategy in which
- A.
Memory is split into fixed partitions
- B.
Memory is treated as a pool of unstructured free space
- C.
Memory is dynamically increased by adding more RAM chips
- D.
Memory is dynamically refreshed 500 times a second
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