Free Bachelor of Computer Engineering Operating System Questions and Answers

Question 1

What exactly is an operating system?

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All of the above

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collection of programs that manages hardware resources

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system service provider to the application programs

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interface between the hardware and application programs

Question 2

What is the command interpreter's primary purpose?

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to get and execute the next user-specified command

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to handle the files in the operating system

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to provide the interface between the API and application program

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None of the above

Question 3

The interface is given by the operating system and allows users to access its functions.

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System calls

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API

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Library

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Assembly instructions

Question 4

Which of the following statements is untrue?

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kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system

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kernel is the first part of the operating system to load into memory during booting

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kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system

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kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

Question 5

Which of the following errors will the operating system deal with?

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All of the above

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connection failure in the network

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power failure

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lack of paper in printer

Question 6

Most operating systems record error information in a _____ whenever a process fails.

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log file

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another running process

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new file

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None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is not an operating system that runs in real time?

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Palm OS

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QNX

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RTLinux

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VxWorks

Question 8

What features does OS X have?

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hybrid kernel

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microkernel

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monolithic kernel

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monolithic kernel with modules

Question 9

Each process in an operating system has its own ________ .

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All of the above

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pending alarms, signals, and signal handlers

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address space and global variables

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open files

Question 10

When the time slot allotted to a process in a timeshare operating system expires, the process transitions from the current state to?

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Ready state

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Terminated state

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Blocked state

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Suspended state