Ultimate Quiz On Operating Systems
Study the topic Operating Systems before attempting this exercise.
- 1.Which of the following are typical roles of an Operating System?
- A.
Memory Management
- B.
CPU management
- C.
Virtualising the hardware to make it easier for the user to use a computer
- D.
Device management
- E.
All of the above
- 2.Which of the following is NOT system software?
- A.
The Operating System
- B.
Device Driver (eg Printer Driver)
- C.
Wordprocessor
- D.
Defrag Utility
- E.
Format Utility
- 3.In which of the following situations would a batch processing Operating System be ideal?
- A.
A hospital's emergency ward system
- B.
A payroll system
- C.
A bomb-disposal robot
- D.
An automatic pilot system
- E.
A home PC
- 4.In which of the following situations would a real time Operating System be absolutely necessary?
- A.
In a payroll system
- B.
In a mailing list
- C.
In an automatic pilot system
- D.
In a system producing credit card bills
- E.
In all of the above
- 5.A multi-user Operating System
- A.
Allows many users to use the system simultaneously
- B.
Allows a single user to run many programs simultaneously
- C.
Is simpler in structure than a Single-User Operating System
- D.
Would have less complex memory handling techniques than a Single-User Operating System
- 6.A time-sharing Operating System
- A.
Allows a single process to run at a time
- B.
Allows many processes to run 'simultaneously' by allotting each a time-slice
- C.
Can only be used on networked systems
- D.
None of the above is true
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following in not an Operating System?
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