operating system set 1 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

In file management, the primary interface of computer system with external environment is done through

a) Device drivers

b) Basic file system

c) Basic I/O supervisor

d) Logical I/O.

Question : 2

In uni-processor scheduling, the shortest process next policy is

1. Non-preemptive policy
2. Preemptive policy
3. A policy where the process with the shortest expected processing time is selected next.
4. A policy where the process with the shortest expected processing time is not selected.

a) A and D are true

b) B and C are true

c) A and C are true

d) B and D are true.

Question : 3

Which types of file organization are supported by magnetic tape?

a) random files

b) contiguous sequential file

c) indexed sequential file

d) all of the above

Question : 4

A critical section is a program segment

a) which should run in a certain specified amount of time

b) which avoids deadlocks

c) where shared resources are accessed

d) which must be enclosed by a pair of semaphore operations.

Question : 5

In defining page table structure in virtual memory, A page number portion of a virtual address is mapped into a hash table using simple hash function, where hash table contains a pointer to the inverted page table, which contains page table entries, this approach is referred as

a) One page table per process structure.

b) Two level page table structure.

c) Inverted page table structure.

d) None of these.

Question : 6

Multiprogramming systems

a) are easier to develop than single programming systems

b) execute each job faster

c) execute more jobs in the same time period

d) are used only one large mainframe computers