Explore topic-wise MCQs in Operating System.

This section includes 6 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Operating System knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A deadlock free solution to the dining philosophers problem ____________

A. necessarily eliminates the possibility of starvation
B. does not necessarily eliminate the possibility of starvation
C. eliminates any possibility of any kind of problem further
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. eliminates any possibility of any kind of problem further
2.

The dining philosophers problem will occur in case of ____________

A. 5 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
B. 4 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
C. 3 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
D. 6 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
Answer» B. 4 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
3.

To ensure difficulties do not arise in the readers writers problem _______ are given exclusive access to the shared object.

A. readers
B. writers
C. readers and writers
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. readers and writers
4.

In the bounded buffer problem ____________

A. there is only one buffer
B. there are n buffers ( n being greater than one but finite)
C. there are infinite buffers
D. the buffer size is bounded
Answer» C. there are infinite buffers
5.

In the bounded buffer problem, there are the empty and full semaphores that ____________

A. count the number of empty and full buffers
B. count the number of empty and full memory spaces
C. count the number of empty and full queues
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. count the number of empty and full memory spaces
6.

The bounded buffer problem is also known as ____________

A. Readers Writers problem
B. Dining Philosophers problem
C. Producer Consumer problem
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned