B.S.W.E. Bachelor of Software Engineering Operating Systems & Computer Networks 3

Question 1

What is a deadlock in operating systems?

Accepted Answer

A situation where processes wait indefinitely for resources held by each other

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A system crash caused by hardware failure

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CPU overheating under maximum load

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A corrupted file system requiring repair

Question 2

What is paging in memory management?

Accepted Answer

Dividing memory into fixed-size frames and mapping process pages to them

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Swapping entire processes to disk storage

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Allocating contiguous memory blocks to each process

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Compressing memory contents to save space

Question 3

What is the role of the kernel in an operating system?

Accepted Answer

Acting as the core that manages hardware resources and system calls

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Managing the graphical user interface

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Running application programs directly

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Handling all network configuration tasks

Question 4

What does CIDR notation represent in networking?

Accepted Answer

A compact method to express IP addresses and their network prefix length

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A type of dynamic routing protocol

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An encryption standard for network traffic

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A firewall access control rule format

Question 5

What is context switching in an operating system?

Accepted Answer

Saving and restoring process state when the CPU switches between processes

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Changing the user interface theme or display mode

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Switching between active network interfaces

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Changing the active file system format

Question 6

Which protocol automatically assigns IP addresses to devices on a network?

Accepted Answer

DHCP

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DNS

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ARP

Answer

ICMP