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.

Sometimes the overhead of keeping track of a hole might be ____________

A. larger than the memory
B. larger than the hole itself
C. very small
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. very small
2.

External fragmentation exists when?

A. enough total memory exists to satisfy a request but it is not contiguous
B. the total memory is insufficient to satisfy a request
C. a request cannot be satisfied even when the total memory is free
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. the total memory is insufficient to satisfy a request
3.

The disadvantage of moving all process to one end of memory and all holes to the other direction, producing one large hole of available memory is ____________

A. the cost incurred
B. the memory used
C. the CPU used
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. the memory used
4.

Another solution to the problem of external fragmentation problem is to ____________

A. permit the logical address space of a process to be noncontiguous
B. permit smaller processes to be allocated memory at last
C. permit larger processes to be allocated memory at last
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. permit smaller processes to be allocated memory at last
5.

A solution to the problem of external fragmentation is ____________

A. compaction
B. larger memory space
C. smaller memory space
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. larger memory space
6.

In internal fragmentation, memory is internal to a partition and ____________

A. is being used
B. is not being used
C. is always used
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. is always used