Explore topic-wise MCQs in Computer Science Engineering (CSE).

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701.

what is the use of exec command

A. command that can be used to write files in shell scripts
B. command that can be used to read files in shell scripts
C. command that can be used to open files in shell scripts
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
702.

Unix os was first rewritten in C in

A. 1971
B. 1972
C. 1973
D. 1974
Answer» D. 1974
703.

what is the relationship of a filename to its inode

A. one to one
B. one to many
C. many to one
D. many to many
Answer» D. many to many
704.

Among the directory entries inode and file contents which will be changed when a file is updated

A. only inode
B. only inode and file contents
C. only directory entry and file contents
D. none of the above
Answer» C. only directory entry and file contents
705.

What is minor device number

A. it tells the device driver function what actual physical device it is talking
B. it tells the device driver functionwhat actual physiacl device it is talking to and i/0 buffernig scheme to be used for reading
C. it tells the device driver functionwhat actual physical device it is talking to and i/0 buffernig scheme to be used for writing
D. it tells the device driver functionwhat actual physiacl device it is talking to and i/0 buffernig scheme to be used for data transfer
Answer» E.
706.

What is directory hierarchy ?

A. it is an organizational structure in which directories can contain files and other sub directories
B. it is an organizational structure in which directories can contain only files
C. it is an organizational structure in which directories can contain only sub directories
D. it is an organizational structure in which directory contains only one level
Answer» B. it is an organizational structure in which directories can contain only files
707.

While providing a text processing system for the patent department at bell labs,the unix system was moved to in 1971

A. pdp-6
B. pdp-7
C. pdp-9
D. pdp-11
Answer» E.
708.

How many line are there are in the result of date command

A. three
B. one
C. two
D. five
Answer» C. two
709.

Which of the following is used to write disk block images from memory to disk

A. stty
B. cmd
C. sync
D. clri
Answer» D. clri
710.

What does OSS stand for

A. open system software
B. original source software
C. open source software
D. original system server
Answer» D. original system server
711.

The game program,"space travel"for GECOS system was written in

A. basic
B. cobol
C. fortran
D. vb
Answer» D. vb
712.

What is major device number ?

A. it is an index to the kernel table that contains the address of all device driver functions known to the system
B. it is an index to theuser process table that contains the address of all device driver functions known to the system
C. it is an index to the kernel table that contains the address of all files
D. it is an index to the kernel table that contains the address of all directories
Answer» B. it is an index to theuser process table that contains the address of all device driver functions known to the system
713.

What is an internal command in Unix ?

A. commands that are executed directly by the kernel
B. commands that are executred directly by the shell
C. commands that are executed directly by shell and kernel
D. commands will have a process id running for it
Answer» C. commands that are executed directly by shell and kernel