…OS …

1. What is operating system?

a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
b) system service provider to the application programs
c) link to interface the hardware and application programs
d) all of the mentioned

To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________
a) System calls
b) API
c) Library
d) Assembly instructions

Which one of the following is not true?

a) kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system
b) kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting
c) kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system
d) kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

Which one of the following error will be handle by the operating system?
a) power failure
b) lack of paper in printer
c) connection failure in the network
d) all of the mentioned

What is the main function of the command interpreter?

a) to get and execute the next user-specified command
b) to provide the interface between the API and application program
c) to handle the files in operating system
d) none of the mentioned

By operating system, the resource management can be done via __________

a) time division multiplexing
b) space division multiplexing
c) time and space division multiplexing
d) none of the mentioned

If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______
a) log file
b) another running process
c) new file
d) none of the mentioned

Which facility dynamically adds probes to a running system, both in user processes and in the kernel?
a) DTrace
b) DLocate
c) DMap
d) DAdd

Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?

a) VxWorks
b) Windows CE
c) RTLinux
d) Palm OS

The OS X has ____________

a) monolithic kernel
b) hybrid kernel
c) microkernel
d) monolithic kernel with modules

The systems which allow only one process execution at a time, are called __________
a) uniprogramming systems
b) uniprocessing systems
c) unitasking systems
d) none of the mentioned

In operating system, each process has its own __________

a) address space and global variables
b) open files
c) pending alarms, signals and signal handlers
d) all of the mentioned

In Unix, Which system call creates the new process?

a) fork
b) create
c) new
d) none of the mentioned

A process can be terminated due to __________

a) normal exit
b) fatal error
c) killed by another process
d) all of the mentioned

What is the ready state of a process?

a) when process is scheduled to run after some execution
b) when process is unable to run until some task has been completed
c) when process is using the CPU
d) none of the mentioned

What is interprocess communication?

a) communication within the process
b) communication between two process
c) communication between two threads of same process
d) none of the mentioned

A set of processes is deadlock if __________

a) each process is blocked and will remain so forever
b) each process is terminated
c) all processes are trying to kill each other
d) none of the mentioned

A process stack does not contain __________

a) Function parameters
b) Local variables
c) Return addresses
d) PID of child process

Which system call returns the process identifier of a terminated child?

a) wait
b) exit
c) fork
d) get

The address of the next instruction to be executed by the current process is provided by the __________
a) CPU registers
b) Program counter
c) Process stack
d) Pipe

A Process Control Block(PCB) does not contain which of the following?

a) Code
b) Stack
c) Bootstrap program
d) Data

The number of processes completed per unit time is known as __________

a) Output
b) Throughput
c) Efficiency
d) Capacity

The state of a process is defined by __________

a) the final activity of the process
b) the activity just executed by the process
c) the activity to next be executed by the process
d) the current activity of the process

Which of the following is not the state of a process?

a) New
b) Old
c) Waiting
d) Running

What is a Process Control Block?

a) Process type variable
b) Data Structure
c) A secondary storage section
d) A Block in memory
The entry of all the PCBs of the current processes is in __________
a) Process Register
b) Program Counter
c) Process Table
d) Process Unit

What is the degree of multiprogramming?

a) the number of processes executed per unit time
b) the number of processes in the ready queue
c) the number of processes in the I/O queue
d) the number of processes in memory

A single thread of control allows the process to perform __________

a) only one task at a time
b) multiple tasks at a time
c) only two tasks at a time
d) all of the mentioned

What is the objective of multiprogramming?

a) Have some process running at all times
b) Have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run
c) To minimize CPU utilization
d) None of the mentioned

Which of the following do not belong to queues for processes?

a) Job Queue
b) PCB queue
c) Device Queue
d) Ready Queue

When the process issues an I/O request __________

a) It is placed in an I/O queue
b) It is placed in a waiting queue
c) It is placed in the ready queue
d) It is placed in the Job queue

What will happen when a process terminates?

a) It is removed from all queues
b) It is removed from all, but the job queue
c) Its process control block is de-allocated
d) Its process control block is never de-allocated

What is a long-term scheduler?

a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of the mentioned
If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be ______ and the Short term Scheduler will have a
______ to do.
a) full, little
b) full, lot
c) empty, little
d) empty, lot

What is a medium-term scheduler?

a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of the mentioned

What is a short-term scheduler?

a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of the mentioned

The primary distinction between the short term scheduler and the long term scheduler is __________
a) The length of their queues
b) The type of processes they schedule
c) The frequency of their execution
d) None of the mentioned

The only state transition that is initiated by the user process itself is __________
a) block
b) wakeup
c) dispatch
d) none of the mentioned

In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process goes from the
running state to the __________
a) Blocked state
b) Ready state
c) Suspended state
d) Terminated state

In a multiprogramming environment __________

a) the processor executes more than one process at a time
b) the programs are developed by more than one person
c) more than one process resides in the memory
d) a single user can execute many programs at the same time

Suppose that a process is in "Blocked" state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is completed, it goes to
the __________
a) Running state
b) Ready state
c) Suspended state
d) Terminated state

The context of a process in the PCB of a process does not contain __________
a) the value of the CPU registers
b) the process state
c) memory-management information
d) context switch time

Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes?
a) General purpose registers
b) Translation lookaside buffer
c) Program counter
d) All of the mentioned

Which of the following does not interrupt a running process?

a) A device
b) Timer
c) Scheduler process
d) Power failure

Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the system?

a) cooperating process
b) child process
c) parent process
d) init process

When several processes access the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the
particular order in which the access takes place, is called?
a) dynamic condition
b) race condition
c) essential condition
d) critical condition

If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This
condition is called?
a) mutual exclusion
b) critical exclusion
c) synchronous exclusion
d) asynchronous exclusion

Process synchronization can be done on __________

a) hardware level
b) software level
c) both hardware and software level
d) none of the mentioned
c

A monitor is a module that encapsulates __________

a) shared data structures
b) procedures that operate on shared data structure
c) synchronization between concurrent procedure invocation
d) all of the mentioned
To enable a process to wait within the monitor __________
a) a condition variable must be declared as condition
b) condition variables must be used as boolean objects
c) semaphore must be used
d) all of the mentioned

Restricting the child process to a subset of the parent's resources prevents any process from __________
a) overloading the system by using a lot of secondary storage
b) under-loading the system by very less CPU utilization
c) overloading the system by creating a lot of sub-processes
d) crashing the system by utilizing multiple resources

A parent process calling _____ system call will be suspended until children processes terminate.
a) wait
b) fork
c) exit
d) exec

Cascading termination refers to termination of all child processes before the parent terminates ______
a) Normally
b) Abnormally
c) Normally or abnormally
d) None of the mentioned

With _____________ only one process can execute at a time; meanwhile all other process are waiting for the
processor. With ______________ more than one process can be running simultaneously each on a different
processor.
a) Multiprocessing, Multiprogramming
b) Multiprogramming, Uniprocessing
c) Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing
d) Uniprogramming, Multiprocessing

In UNIX, each process is identified by its __________

a) Process Control Block
b) Device Queue
c) Process Identifier
d) None of the mentioned

In UNIX, the return value for the fork system call is _____ for the child process and _____ for the parent process.
a) A Negative integer, Zero
b) Zero, A Negative integer
c) Zero, A nonzero integer
d) A nonzero integer, Zero

The child process can __________

a) be a duplicate of the parent process
b) never be a duplicate of the parent process
c) cannot have another program loaded into it
d) never have another program loaded into it
The child process completes execution, but the parent keeps executing, then the child process is known as
__________
a) Orphan
b) Zombie
c) Body
d) Dead

What is Inter process communication?

a) allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using the same address space
b) allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions without using the same address space
c) allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication
d) none of the mentioned

Message passing system allows processes to __________

a) communicate with one another without resorting to shared data
b) communicate with one another by resorting to shared data
c) share data
d) name the recipient or sender of the message

Which of the following two operations are provided by the IPC facility?
a) write & delete message
b) delete & receive message
c) send & delete message
d) receive & send message

Messages sent by a process __________

a) have to be of a fixed size
b) have to be a variable size
c) can be fixed or variable sized
d) None of the mentioned

The link between two processes P and Q to send and receive messages is called __________
a) communication link
b) message-passing link
c) synchronization link
d) all of the mentioned

Which of the following are TRUE for direct communication?

a) A communication link can be associated with N number of process(N = max. number of processes supported by
system)
b) A communication link can be associated with exactly two processes
c) Exactly N/2 links exist between each pair of processes(N = max. number of processes supported by system)
d) Exactly two link exists between each pair of processes

In indirect communication between processes P and Q __________

a) there is another process R to handle and pass on the messages between P and Q
b) there is another machine between the two processes to help communication
c) there is a mailbox to help communication between P and Q
d) none of the mentioned
In the non blocking send __________
a) the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
b) the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
c) the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
d) none of the mentioned

In the Zero capacity queue __________

a) the queue can store at least one message
b) the sender blocks until the receiver receives the message
c) the sender keeps sending and the messages don't wait in the queue
d) none of the mentioned

The Zero Capacity queue __________

a) is referred to as a message system with buffering
b) is referred to as a message system with no buffering
c) is referred to as a link
d) none of the mentioned

Bounded capacity and Unbounded capacity queues are referred to as __________

a) Programmed buffering
b) Automatic buffering
c) User defined buffering
d) No buffering

1. What is true about OS?

A. An operating system (OS) is a collection of software.

B. The operating system is a vital component of the system software in a computer system.
C. An Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware.
D. All of the above

2. Which of the following is not a type of operating system?

A. OS/400
B. OS/200
C. VMS
D. z/OS

3. Which of the following is not an important functions of an operating System?

A. Memory Management
B. File Management
C. Virus Protection
D. Processor Management

4. In OS, Memory management refers to management of?

A. Primary Memory
B. Main Memory
C. Secondary Memory
D. Both A and B

5. In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much
time. This function is called _____________.
A. process scheduling
B. process rescheduling
C. traffic controller
D. Processor Management

6. Keeps tracks of processor and status of process. The program responsible for this task is known as?
A. track manager
B. processor controller
C. traffic manager
D. traffic controller

7. What does I/O controller do?

A. Keeps tracks of primary memory
B. Keeps tracks of all devices
C. Keeps tracks of processes
D. All of the above

8. What does file system do?

A. Keeps track of information
B. Keeps track of location
C. Keeps track of information status
D. All of the above

9. Which OS is mostly used?

A. IOS
B. Linux
C. Windows
D. AIX

10. The first operating system created by Microsoft was?

A. Windows
B. MS-DOS
C. Seattle
D. AIX

1. What are the services operating System provides to both the users and to the programs?

A. File System manipulation

B. Error Detection
C. Program execution
D. Resource Allocation

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

A. Protection
B. Program execution
C. I/O operations
D. All of the above

3. Which of the following are examples of storage media?

A. magnetic disk
B. optical disk
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
4. Which of the following is true about Program execution?
A. Restrict to load a program into memory.
B. Provides a mechanism for process synchronization.
C. Do not provides a mechanism for process communication.
D. Do not provides a mechanism for deadlock handling.

5. Which of the following is false about I/O Operation?

A. Operating system does not provides the access to the I/O device
B. I/O operation means read or write operation
C. An I/O subsystem comprises of I/O devices
D. None of the above

6. Which of the following is false about File system manipulation?

A. Computers can store files on the disk (Primary storage), for long-term storage purpose
B. Program needs to read a file or write a file.
C. Operating System provides an interface to the user to create/delete files.
D. Operating System provides an interface to create the backup of file system.

7. Which of the following is true about Communication?

A. The OS handles routing and connection strategies, and the problems of contention and security.
B. Two processes often require data to be transferred between them
C. Communication may be implemented by two methods, either by Shared Memory or by Message Passing.
D. All of the above

9. The OS ensures that all access to system resources is controlled.The major activities of an operating system with
respect to?
A. Error handling
B. Resource Management
C. Protection
D. Communication

10. Two processes often require data to be transferred between them. The major activities of an operating system
with respect to?
A. Error handling
B. Resource Management
C. Protection
D. Communication

1. ______________ is a technique in which an Operating System collects the programs and data together in a batch
before processing starts.
A. Batch processing
B. Interactivity processing
C. Real Time processing
D. Distributed processing

2. Jobs are processed in the order of?

A. first come first served
B. first come last served
C. last come first served
D. last come last served

3. Which of the following is Advantages of Batch processing?

A. A job could not enter an infinite loop.
B. Easy to debug program.
C. Increased performance
D. All of the above

4. ________ is when multiple jobs are executed by the CPU simultaneously by switching between them.
A. Multiprogramming
B. Multitasking
C. Distributed Environment
D. Spooling

5. Which of the following activities are true about multitasking?

A. These Operating Systems were developed to provide interactive use of a computer system at a reasonable cost.
B. The user gives instructions to the operating system or to a program directly, and receives an immediate response.
C. Each user has at least one separate program in memory.
D. All of the above

6. Multiprogramming generally?
A. decreases CPU utilization
B. Share the processor
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

7. Which of the following are the advantage of Multiprogramming?

A. High and efficient CPU utilization.
B. CPU scheduling is not required.
C. memory management is good.
D. All of the above

8. ____________ refers to putting data of various I/O jobs in a buffer.

A. Real Time System
B. Interactivity
C. Spooling
D. None of the above

9. Multitasking Operating Systems are also known as?

A. Processing system
B. Time-sharing system
C. Real Time system
D. Distributed system

10. Interactivity refers to?

A. The ability of users to interact with a memory.
B. The ability of users to interact with a I/O devices.
C. The ability of users to interact with a CPU.
D. The ability of users to interact with a computer system.

1. Which of the following is true about Process?

A. A process is basically a program in execution
B. The execution of a process must progress in a sequential fashion.
C. A process is defined as an entity which represents the basic unit of work to be implemented in the system.
2. This is dynamically allocated memory to a process during its run time.
A. Heap
B. Stack
C. Queue
D. Data

3. This section contains the global and static variables.

A. Heap
B. Stack
C. Data
D. Text

4. A part of a computer program that performs a well-defined task is known as ?

A. algorithm
B. software
C. program
D. task

5. How many state are there in Process Life Cycle?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

6. PCB stands for?

A. Process Current Block
B. Parent Control Block
C. Parent Current Block
D. Process Control Block

7. A collection of computer programs, libraries and related data are referred to as?
A. algorithm
B. software
C. PCB
D. Process

8. In which state, processor executes its instructions?

A. Ready
B. Waiting
C. Running
D. Start

9. In PCB, This is required to allow/disallow access to system resources.

A. Process State
B. Process privileges
C. Program Counter
D. CPU Scheduling Information

10. In PCB, This includes the amount of CPU used for process execution, time limits, execution ID etc.
A. IO status information
B. CPU Scheduling Information
C. CPU registers
D. Accounting information

1. The OS maintains all PCBs in?

A. Process Scheduling Queues
B. Job queue
C. Ready queue
D. Device queues

2. The processes which are blocked due to unavailability of an I/O device constitute this queue.
A. Process Scheduling Queues
B. Job queue
C. Ready queue
D. Device queues

3. Two-state process model refers to?

A. running states
B. non-running states
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above

4. Which is not a type of Schedulers?

A. Long-Term Scheduler
B. Short-Term Scheduler
C. Medium-Term Scheduler
D. None of the above

5. Which scheduler is also called a job scheduler?

A. Long-Term Scheduler
B. Short-Term Scheduler
C. Medium-Term Scheduler
D. All of the above

6. When the suspended process is moved to the secondary storage. This process is called?
A. process mix.
B. swapping
C. Swap-In
D. Swap-Out

7. Which scheduler Speed is fastest?

A. Long-Term Scheduler
B. Short-Term Scheduler
C. Medium-Term Scheduler
D. Swapping

9. A_________ is the mechanism to store and restore the state

A. PCB
B. Program Counter
C. Scheduling information
D. context switch

10. Which of the following information is stored when the process is switched?
A. I/O State information
B. Accounting information
C. Base and limit register value
D. All of the above

1. What is true about thread?

A. Thread switching does not need to interact with operating system.
B. All threads can share same set of open files, child processes.
C. Multiple threaded processes use fewer resources.
D. All of the above

2. A thread is also called ?

A. heavyweight process
B. lightweight process
C. data segment process
D. overhead process

Explanation: A thread is also called a lightweight process.

3. In how many ways Threads are implemented?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

Explanation: Threads are implemented in following two ways : User Level Threads and Kernel Level Threads.
4. Which of the following is not an advantage about thread?
A. Threads minimize the context switching time.
B. Use of threads provides concurrency within a process.
C. kernel is single threaded
D. All of the above

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

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

6. Which of the following is true about user level thread?

A. User level thread is specific to the operating system.
B. User-level routines themselves can be multithreaded.
C. User-level threads are faster to create and manage.
D. All of the above

7. Multithreading models are _________ types?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

8. The kernel is _______ of user threads.

A. a part of
B. the creator of
C. unaware of
D. aware of

9. Multithreading on a multi : CPU machine ___________

A. decreases concurrency
B. increases concurrency
C. doesn't affect the concurrency
D. can increase or decrease the concurrency

10. The jacketing technique is used to ___________

A. convert a blocking system call into non blocking system call
B. create a new thread
C. communicate between threads
D. terminate a thread

1. What is an operating system?

a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
b) system service provider to the application programs
c) interface between the hardware and application programs
d) all of the mentioned

2. To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________
a) System calls
b) API
c) Library
d) Assembly instructions

3. Which one of the following is not true?

a) kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system
b) kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting
c) kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system
d) kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

4. Which one of the following error will be handle by the operating system?
a) power failure
b) lack of paper in printer
c) connection failure in the network
d) all of the mentioned

5. What is the main function of the command interpreter?

a) to get and execute the next user-specified command
b) to provide the interface between the API and application program
c) to handle the files in operating system
d) none of the mentioned

6. In Operating Systems, which of the following is/are CPU scheduling algorithms?

a) Round Robin
b) Shortest Job First
c) Priority
d) All of the mentioned

7. If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______
a) log file
b) another running process
c) new file
d) none of the mentioned

8. Which facility dynamically adds probes to a running system, both in user processes and in the kernel?
a) DTrace
b) DLocate
c) DMap
d) DAdd

9. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?

a) VxWorks
b) QNX
c) RTLinux
d) Palm OS

10. The OS X has ____________

a) monolithic kernel
b) hybrid kernel
c) microkernel
d) monolithic kernel with modules

1. The model in which one kernel thread is mapped to many user-level threads is called ___________
a) Many to One model
b) One to Many model
c) Many to Many model
d) One to One model

2. The model in which one user-level thread is mapped to many kernel level threads is called ___________
a) Many to One model
b) One to Many model
c) Many to Many model
d) One to One model

3. In the Many to One model, if a thread makes a blocking system call ___________
a) the entire process will be blocked
b) a part of the process will stay blocked, with the rest running
c) the entire process will run
d) none of the mentioned

4. In the Many to One model, multiple threads are unable to run in parallel on multiprocessors because of
___________
a) only one thread can access the kernel at a time
b) many user threads have access to just one kernel thread
c) there is only one kernel thread
d) none of the mentioned

5. The One to One model allows ___________

a) increased concurrency
b) decreased concurrency
c) increased or decreased concurrency
d) concurrency equivalent to other models

6. In the One to One model when a thread makes a blocking system call ___________
a) other threads are strictly prohibited from running
b) other threads are allowed to run
c) other threads only from other processes are allowed to run
d) none of the mentioned

7. Which of the following is the drawback of the One to One Model?

a) increased concurrency provided by this model
b) decreased concurrency provided by this model
c) creating so many threads at once can crash the system
d) creating a user thread requires creating the corresponding kernel thread

8. When is the Many to One model at an advantage?

a) When the program does not need multithreading
b) When the program has to be multi-threaded
c) When there is a single processor
d) None of the mentioned

9. In the Many to Many model true concurrency cannot be gained because ___________
a) the kernel can schedule only one thread at a time
b) there are too many threads to handle
c) it is hard to map threads with each other
d) none of the mentioned

10. In the Many to Many models when a thread performs a blocking system call ___________
a) other threads are strictly prohibited from running
b) other threads are allowed to run
c) other threads only from other processes are allowed to run
d) none of the mentioned