Explore topic-wise MCQs in Operating System.

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