software concepts Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16

Mutual exclusion problem occurs between:

a) processes that share resources

b) processes that do not use the same resources

c) two disjoint processes that do not interact

d) None of The Above

Question : 17

Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information is a(n) __________.

a) operating system

b) database

c) database program

d) data warehouse

e) None of these

Question : 18

Sector interleaving in disks is done by:

a) the disk manufacturer

b) the disk controller cord

c) the operating system

d) None of The Above

Question : 19

Instructions that tell the computer what to do. Another name for software.

a) programs

b) CPU

c) options

d) folder

e) None of these

Question : 20

Computer programs are written in a high-level programming language; however, the human readable version of a program is called -

a) cache

b) instruction set

c) source code

d) word size

e) None of these