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This section includes 14 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. |
In the world wide web, a ____ is needed to gain access to the remote files, and seperate operations are used to transfer files. |
A. | laptop |
B. | plugin |
C. | browser |
D. | player |
Answer» D. player | |
2. |
To recover from failures in the network operations, ______ information maybe maintained. |
A. | ip address |
B. | state |
C. | stateless |
D. | operating system |
Answer» C. stateless | |
3. |
In the single level directory : |
A. | all directories must have unique names |
B. | all files must have unique names |
C. | all files must have unique owners |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» C. all files must have unique owners | |
4. |
In a multilevel directory structure : |
A. | the same previous techniques will be used as in the other structures |
B. | a mechanism for directory protection will have to applied |
C. | the subdirectories do not need protection once the directory is protected |
D. | none of the mentioned |
Answer» C. the subdirectories do not need protection once the directory is protected | |
5. |
Consider a disk where blocks 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,18,25,26 and 27 are free and the rest of the blocks are allocated. Then the free space bit map would be : |
A. | 10000110000001110011111100011111… |
B. | 110000110000001110011111100011111… |
C. | 01111001111110001100000011100000… |
D. | 001111001111110001100000011100000… |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
For each file their exists a ___________ that contains information about the file, including ownership, permissions and location of the file contents. |
A. | metadata |
B. | file control block |
C. | process control block |
D. | all of the mentioned |
Answer» C. process control block | |
7. |
Which directory implementation is used in most Operating System? |
A. | Single level directory structure |
B. | Two level directory structure |
C. | Tree directory structure |
D. | Acyclic directory structure |
Answer» D. Acyclic directory structure | |
8. |
Files can have ? |
A. | Read Access |
B. | Write Access |
C. | Copy Access |
D. | All of above |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
A tree sturctured file directory system |
A. | allows easy storage and retrieval of file names |
B. | is a much debated unecessary feature |
C. | is not essential when we have millions of files |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. is a much debated unecessary feature | |
10. |
___________ begins at the root and follows a path down to the specified file. |
A. | Relative path name |
B. | Absolute path name |
C. | Standalone name |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» C. Standalone name | |
11. |
Which type of software can be used to merge data of two files in one file ? |
A. | System software |
B. | Networking software |
C. | Documenting software |
D. | Utility Software |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
The “blocking factor” of a file is |
A. | The number of blocks accessible to a file |
B. | The number of blocks allocated to a file |
C. | The number of logical records in one physical record |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above | |
13. |
Which of following need a device driver ? |
A. | Cache |
B. | Disk |
C. | Main Menory |
D. | Registers |
Answer» C. Main Menory | |
14. |
The sum of the seek time, and the rotational delay is called the ……………….. |
A. | reached time |
B. | access time |
C. | arrived time |
D. | common time |
Answer» C. arrived time | |