government? A) It seldom functions correctly. B) It creates an environment within which other programs can do useful work. C) It performs most useful functions by itself. D) It is always concerned primarily with the individual's needs.
Ans: B
2. ____ operating systems are designed primarily to maximize resource utilization.
A) PC B) Handheld computer C) Mainframe D) Network
Ans: C
3. The most common secondary storage device is ____.
A) random access memory B) solid state disks C) tape drives D) magnetic disk
Ans: D
4. Which of the following would lead you to believe that a given system is an SMP-type system? A) Each processor is assigned a specific task. B) There is a boss–worker relationship between the processors. C) Each processor performs all tasks within the operating system. D) None of the above
Ans: C
5. A ____ can be used to prevent a user program from never returning control to the operating system. A) portal B) program counter C) firewall D) timer
Ans: D
6. Embedded computers typically run on a ____ operating system.
A) real-time B) Windows XP C) network D) clustered
Ans: A
7. Bluetooth and 802.11 devices use wireless technology to communicate over several feet, in essence creating a ____. A) local-area network B) wide-area network C) small-area network D) metropolitan-area network
Ans: C Operating System 8. A clustered system ____. A) gathers together multiple CPUs to accomplish computational work B) is an operating system that provides file sharing across a network C) is used when rigid time requirements are present D) can only operate one application at a time
Ans: A
9. Which of the following is a property of peer-to-peer
systems? A) Clients and servers are not distinguished from one another. B) Separate machines act as either the client of the server but not both. C) They do not offer any advantages over traditional client-server systems. D) They suffer from the server acting as the bottleneck in performance. Ans: A
10. Two important design issues for cache memory are ____. A) speed and volatility B) size and replacement policy C) power consumption and reusability D) size and access privileges Ans: B
11. What are some other terms for kernel mode?
A) supervisor mode B) system mode C) privileged mode D) All of the above
Ans: D
12. Which of the following statements concerning open source operating systems is true? A) Solaris is open source. B) Source code is freely available. C) They are always more secure than commercial, closed systems. D) All open source operating systems share the same set of goals.
Ans: B
13. Which of the following operating systems is not open source?
A) Windows B) BSD UNIX C) Linux D) PCLinuxOS
Ans: A
14. A _____ provides a file-system interface which allows clients to create and modify files. A) compute-server system B) file-server system C) wireless network D) network computer
Ans: B Operating System 15. A ____ is a custom build of the Linux operating system A) LiveCD B) installation C) distribution D) VMWare Player
Ans: C
16. __________ is a set of software frameworks that provide additional services to application developers. A) System programs B) Virtualization C) Cloud computing D) Middleware
Ans: D
17. What statement concerning privileged instructions is considered
false? A) They may cause harm to the system. B) They can only be executed in kernel mode. C) They cannot be attempted from user mode. D) They are used to manage interrupts.
Ans: C
18. Which of the following statements is false?
A) Mobile devices must be concerned with power consumption. B) Mobile devices can provide features that are unavailable on desktop or laptop computers. C) The difference in storage capacity between a mobile device and laptop is shrinking. D) Mobile devices usually have fewer processing cores than a standard desktop computer. Ans: C
19. A(n) ________ is the unit of work in a system.
A) process B) operating system C) timer D) mode bit
Ans: A
20. The two separate modes of operating in a system are
A) supervisor mode and system mode B) kernel mode and privileged mode C) physical mode and logical mode D) user mode and kernel mode Ans: D
True/False 41. The operating system kernel consists of all system and application programs in a computer. False
42. Flash memory is slower than DRAM but needs no power to retain its contents. True
43. A system call is triggered by hardware. False
44. UNIX does not allow users to escalate privileges to gain extra permissions for a restricted activity. False
45. Processors for most mobile devices run at a slower speed than a processor in a desktop PC. True Operating System 46. Interrupts may be triggered by either hardware of software. True
47. A dual-core system requires each core has its own cache memory. False
48. Virtually all modern operating systems provide support for SMP. True
49. All computer systems have some sort of user interaction. False
50. Solid state disks are generally faster than magnetic disks. True
51. Solid state disks are considered volatile storage. False
52. There is no universally accepted definition of an operating system. True
1. A _____ is an example of a systems program.
A) command interpreter B) Web browser C) text formatter D) database system Ans: A
2. If a program terminates abnormally, a dump of memory may be examined by a ____ to determine the cause of the problem. A) module B) debugger C) shell D) control card
Ans: B
3. A message-passing model is ____.
A) easier to implement than a shared memory model for intercomputer communication B) faster than the shared memory model C) a network protocol, and does not apply to operating systems D) only useful for small simple operating systems
Ans: A
4. Policy ____. A) determines how to do something B) determines what will be done C) is not likely to change across places D) is not likely to change over time
Ans: B
6. A microkernel is a kernel ____.
A) containing many components that are optimized to reduce resident memory size B) that is compressed before loading in order to reduce its resident memory size C) that is compiled to produce the smallest size possible when stored to disk D) that is stripped of all nonessential components Ans: D
7. To the SYSGEN program of an operating system, the least useful piece of information is _____. A) the CPU being used B) amount of memory available C) what applications to install D) operating-system options such as buffer sizes or CPU scheduling algorithms
Ans: C Operating System 8. A boot block ____. A) typically only knows the location and length of the rest of the bootstrap program B) typically is sophisticated enough to load the operating system and begin its execution C) is composed of multiple disk blocks D) is composed of multiple disk cylinders
Ans: A
9. _____ provide(s) an interface to the services provided by an operating system.
A) Shared memory B) System calls C) Simulators D) Communication
Ans: B
10. _____ is not one of the major categories of system calls.
A) Process control B) Communications C) Protection D) Security
Ans: D
11. _____ allow operating system services to be loaded dynamically.
A) Virtual machines B) Modules C) File systems D) Graphical user interfaces Ans: B
12. Microkernels use _____ for communication.
A) message passing B) shared memory C) system calls D) virtualization
Ans: A
13. The Windows CreateProcess() system call creates a new process. What is the equivalent system call in UNIX: A) NTCreateProcess() B) process() C) fork() D) getpid() Ans: C
14. The close() system call in UNIX is used to close a file. What is the equivalent system call in Windows: A) CloseHandle() B) close() C) CloseFile() D) Exit() Ans: A
15. The Windows CreateFile() system call is used to create a file. What is the equivalent system call in UNIX: A) ioctl() B) open() C) fork() Operating System D) createfile() Ans: B
16. Android runs Java programs
_____________ A) in the Dalvik virtual machine. B) natively. C) in the Java virtual machine. D) Android does not run Java programs.
Ans: A
17. ______ is a mobile operating system designed for the iPhone and iPad. A) Mac OS X B) Android C) UNIX D) iOS
Ans: D
18. The ________ provides a portion of the system call interface for UNIX and Linux. A) POSIX B) Java C) Standard C library D) Standard API
Ans: C
19. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A) An operating system provides an environment for the execution of programs. B) An operating system manages system resources. C) Operating systems provide both command line as well as graphical user interfaces. D) Operating systems must provide both protection and security.
Ans: C
20. _____ is/are not a technique for passing parameters from an application to a system call. A) Cache memory B) Registers C) Stack D) Special block in memory
Ans: A Operating System True/False 30. KDE and GNOME desktops are available under open-source licenses. True
31. Many operating system merge I/O devices and files into a combined file because of the similarity of system calls for each. True
32. An initial bootstrap program is in the form of random-access memory (RAM). False
33. System calls can be run in either user mode or kernel mode. False
34. Application programmers typically use an API rather than directory invoking system calls. True
35. In general, Windows system calls have longer, more descriptive names and UNIX system calls use shorter, less descriptive names. True
36. Mac OS X is a hybrid system consisting of both the Mach microkernel and BSD UNIX. True 37. iOS
is open source, Android is closed source. False
1. The ____ of a process contains temporary data such as function parameters, return addresses, and local variables. A) text section B) data section C) program counter D) stack
Ans: D
2. A process control block ____.
A) includes information on the process's state B) stores the address of the next instruction to be processed by a different process C) determines which process is to be executed next D) is an example of a process queue
Ans: A
3. The list of processes waiting for a particular I/O device is called a(n) ____. A) standby queue B) device queue C) ready queue D) interrupt queue
Ans: B
4. The _____________ refers to the number of processes in memory.
A) process count B) long-term scheduler C) degree of multiprogramming D) CPU scheduler
Ans: C Operating System
5. When a child process is created, which of the following is a possibility in terms of the execution or address space of the child process? A) The child process runs concurrently with the parent. B) The child process has a new program loaded into it. C) The child is a duplicate of the parent. D) All of the above
Ans: D
6. A _________________ saves the state of the currently running process and restores the state of the next process to run. A) save-and-restore B) state switch C) context switch D) none of the above
Ans: C
7. A process may transition to the Ready state by which of the following actions? A) Completion of an I/O event B) Awaiting its turn on the CPU C) Newly-admitted process D) All of the above
Ans: D
8. In a(n) ____ temporary queue, the sender must always block until the recipient receives the message. A) zero capacity B) variable capacity C) bounded capacity D) unbounded capacity
Ans: A
9. A blocking send() and blocking receive() is known as a(n)
_________________ A) synchronized message B) rendezvous C) blocked message D) asynchronous message Ans: B 10 . Which of the following is true in a Mach operating system? A) All messages have the same priority. B) Multiple messages from the same sender are guaranteed an absolute ordering. C) The sending thread must return immediately if a mailbox is full. D) It is not designed for distributed systems. Operating System Ans: A 11. When communicating with sockets, a client process initiates a request for a connection and is assigned a port by the host computer. Which of the following would be a valid port assignment for the host computer? A) 21 B) 23 C) 80 D) 1625
Ans: D
12. A(n) ______________ allows several unrelated processes to use the pipe for communication. A) named pipe B) anonymous pipe C) LIFO D) ordinary pipe
Ans: B
13. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Shared memory is typically faster than message passing. B) Message passing is typically faster than shared memory. C) Message passing is most useful for exchanging large amounts of data. D) Shared memory is far more common in operating systems than message passing. Ans:A
14. Imagine that a host with IP address 150.55.66.77 wishes to download a file from the web server at IP address 202.28.15.123. Select a valid socket pair for a connection between this pair of hosts. A) 150.55.66.77:80 and 202.28.15.123:80 B) 150.55.66.77:150 and 202.28.15.123:80 C) 150.55.66.77:2000 and 202.28.15.123:80 D) 150.55.66.77:80 and 202.28.15.123:3500
Ans:C
15. Child processes inherit UNIX ordinary pipes from their parent process because: A) The pipe is part of the code and children inherit code from their parents.
B) A pipe is treated as a file descriptor and child processes inherit open file descriptors from their parents. C) The STARTUPINFO structure establishes this sharing. D) All IPC facilities are shared between the parent and child processes.
Ans:B
16. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Named pipes do not allow bi-directional communication. B) Only the parent and child processes can use named pipes for communication. C) Reading and writing to ordinary pipes on both UNIX and Windows systems can be performed like ordinary file I/O. Operating System D) Named pipes can only be used by communicating processes on the same machine. Ans: C
17. Which of the following is not a process type in the Chrome browser? A) Plug-in B) Renderer C) Sandbox D) Browser
Ans: C
18. The ________ application is the application appearing on the display screen of a mobile device. A) main B) background C) display D) foreground
Ans: D
19. A process that has terminated, but whose parent has not yet called wait(), is known as a ________ process. A) zombie B) orphan C) terminated D) init
Ans: A
True/False
35. All processes in UNIX first translate to a zombie process upon termination. True
36. The difference between a program and a process is that a program is an active entity while a process is
a passive entity. False 37. The exec() system call creates a new process. False
38. All access to POSIX shared memory requires a system call. False
39. Local Procedure Calls in Windows XP are similar to Remote Procedure Calls. True
40. For a single-processor system, there will never be more than one process in the Running state. True
41. Shared memory is a more appropriate IPC mechanism than message passing for distributed systems. False
42. Ordinary pipes in UNIX require a parent-child relationship between the communicating processes. True
43. Ordinary pipes in Windows require a parent-child relationship between the communicating processes. True
44. Using a section object to pass messages over a connection port avoids data copying. True
45. A socket is identified by an IP address concatenated with a port number. True
Operating System 46. Sockets are considered a high-level communications scheme. False
47. The Mach operating system treats system calls with message passing. True
48. Named pipes continue to exist in the system after the creating process has terminated. True
49. A new browser process is create by the Chrome browser for every new website that is visited. False
50. The iOS mobile operating system only supports a limited form of multitasking. True
