Operating System Quiz

1. Which of the following few common services provided by an operating system?

Protection
Program execution
I/O operations
All of the above

2. In how many ways, Operating Systems generally identifies/authenticates users using ?

2
3
4
5

3. Which of the following is true about Process?

A process is basically a program in execution
The execution of a process must progress in a sequential fashion.
A process is defined as an entity which represents the basic unit of work to be implemented in the system.
All of the above

4. Which of the following is non-preemptive algorithm?

Priority Based Scheduling
Shortest Remaining Time
FCFS
shortest job first

5. The algorithms are ________.

non-preemptive
preemptive
Both A and B
None of the above

6. Jobs are processed in the order of?

first come first served
first come last served
last come first served
last come last served

7. What are the major components of the intrusion detection system?

Analysis Engine
Event provider
Alert Database
All of the above

8. when ________ is used, the linker combines all other modules needed by a program into a single executable program to avoid any runtime dependency.

Static loading
Dynamic Loading
Static Linking
Dynamic Linking

9. Swapping is also known as a

technique for memory management
technique for memory compaction
technique for memory addresse
technique for dynamic linking

10. The kernel is _______ of user threads.

a part of
the creator of
unaware of
aware of