Operating System Quiz


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Operating System Quiz

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Operating System Quiz

1. What is raw disk?

disk without file system
empty disk
disk lacking logical file system
disk having file system

2. What is the real disadvantage of a linear list of directory entries?

size of the linear list in memory
linear search to find a file
it is not reliable
All of the above

3. MMU stands for?

memory mapping unit
memory management unit
main memory unit
None of the above

4. In Space Allocation, Which of the following ways are correct to allocate disk space to files?

Contiguous Allocation
Linked Allocation
Indexed Allocation
All of the above

5. consider the following sequence of addresses : 123,215,600,1234,76,96. If page size is 100, then the reference string is?

1,2,6,12
12,21,60,123,7,9
1,2,6,12,0,0
0,2,6,12,0,0

6. A collection of computer programs, libraries and related data are referred to as?

algorithm
software
PCB
Process

7. Special files : These files are also known as?

Character special files
Block special files
device files
Data files

8. What is true about Directory files?

These files represent physical device like disks, terminals, printers, networks, tape drive etc.
These may have text, databases or executable program.
These files contain list of file names and other information related to these files.
All of the above

9. Which of the following is true about kernal level thread?

Implementation is by a thread library at the user level.
Kernel-level threads are slower to create and manage.
Multi-threaded applications cannot take advantage of multiprocessing.
Both B and C

10. Keeps tracks of processor and status of process. The program responsible for this task is known as?

track manager
processor controller
traffic manager
traffic controller

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