Which of The Following Is Not An Important Functions of An Operating System?
Which of The Following Is Not An Important Functions of An Operating System?
Which of The Following Is Not An Important Functions of An Operating System?
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
10. ________ is when multiple jobs are executed by the CPU simultaneously by switching between
them.
A. Multiprogramming
B. Multitasking
C. Distributed Environment
D. Spooling
A. Processing system
B. Time-sharing system
C. Real Time system
D. Distributed system
a) Function parameters
b) Local variables
c) Return addresses
14. Which system call can be used by a parent process to determine the termination of child process?
a) wait
b) exit
c) fork
d) get
15. 10. 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
16. A Process Control Block(PCB) does not contain which of the following?
a) Code
b) Stack
c) Bootstrap program
d) Data
17. The number of processes completed per unit time is known as __________
a) Output
b) Throughput
c) Efficiency
d) Capacity
b) Data Structure
d) A Block in memory
19. The entry of all the PCBs of the current processes is in __________
a) Process Register
b) Program Counter
c) Process Table
d) Process Unit
a) Job Queue
b) PCB queue
c) Device Queue
d) Ready Queue
26. Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?
a) dispatcher
b) interrupt
c) scheduler
d) none of the mentioned
27. The processes that are residing in main memory and are ready and waiting to execute are kept on a list
called _____________
a) job queue
b) ready queue
c) execution queue
d) process queue
28. The interval from the time of submission of a process to the time of completion is termed as ____________
a) waiting time
b) turnaround time
c) response time
d) throughput
29. Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first?
c) priority scheduling
31. In priority scheduling algorithm, when a process arrives at the ready queue, its priority is compared with the
priority of ____________
a) all process
d) init process
35. Which one of the following can not be scheduled by the kernel?
c) process
a) that can be used by one process at a time and is not depleted by that use