Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Awareness.

This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Awareness knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

What are the types of distributed operating systems?

A. Zone based Operating system
B. Level based Operating system
C. Network Operating system
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
2.

Which principle states that programs, users, and even the systems be given just enough privileges to perform their task?

A. principle of least privilege
B. principle of process scheduling
C. principle of operating system
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. principle of process scheduling
3.

If the sum of the working – set sizes increases, exceeding the total number of available frames ____________

A. the operating system selects a process to suspend
B. the system crashes
C. then the process crashes
D. the memory overflows
Answer» B. the system crashes
4.

What are the characteristics of stack based IDS?

A. It is programmed to interpret a certain series of packets
B. It models the normal usage of the network as a noise characterization
C. They are integrated closely with the TCP/IP stack and watch packets
D. The host operating system logs in the audit information
Answer» D. The host operating system logs in the audit information
5.

The _________ presents a uniform device-access interface to the I/O subsystem, much as system calls provide a standard interface between the application and the operating system.

A. Device drivers
B. I/O systems
C. Devices
D. Buses
Answer» B. I/O systems
6.

Transient operating system code is a code that ____________

A. stays in the memory always
B. never enters the memory space
C. comes and goes as needed
D. is not easily accessible
Answer» D. is not easily accessible
7.

When a process is in a “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is completed, it goes to the __________

A. Terminated state
B. Suspended state
C. Running state
D. Ready state
Answer» E.
8.

Cascading termination refers to the termination of all child processes if the parent process terminates ______

A. Normally or abnormally
B. Abnormally
C. Normally
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Abnormally
9.

In a timeshare operating system, when the time slot assigned to a process is completed, the process switches from the current state to?

A. Suspended state
B. Terminated state
C. Ready state
D. Blocked state
Answer» D. Blocked state
10.

What does OS X has?

A. monolithic kernel with modules
B. microkernel
C. monolithic kernel
D. hybrid kernel
Answer» E.
11.

Where is the operating system placed in the memory?

A. either low or high memory (depending on the location of interrupt vector)
B. in the low memory
C. in the high memory
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. in the low memory
12.

Which one of the following errors will be handle by the operating system?

A. lack of paper in printer
B. connection failure in the network
C. power failure
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
13.

To access the services of the operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________

A. Library
B. System calls
C. Assembly instructions
D. API
Answer» C. Assembly instructions