Explore topic-wise MCQs in Operating System.

This section includes 4 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.

TO_ENSURE_THAT_THE_HOLD_AND_WAIT_CONDITION_NEVER_OCCURS_IN_THE_SYSTEM,_IT_MUST_BE_ENSURED_THAT_:?$

A. whenever a resource is requested by a process, it is not holding any other resources
B. each process must request and be allocated all its resources before it begins its execution
C. a process can request resources only when it has none
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
2.

To ensure no preemption, if a process is holding some resources and requests another resource that cannot be immediately allocated to it :$

A. then the process waits for the resources be allocated to it
B. the process keeps sending requests until the resource is allocated to it
C. the process resumes execution without the resource being allocated to it
D. then all resources currently being held are preempted
Answer» E.
3.

The disadvantage of a process being allocated all its resources before beginning its execution is :$

A. Low CPU utilization
B. Low resource utilization
C. Very high resource utilization
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Very high resource utilization
4.

For sharable resources, mutual exclusion ?

A. is required
B. is not required
C. may be or may not be required
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. may be or may not be required