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451.

There are two types of separate mode of operation in OS, ______ mode and ________ mode

A. process, kernel
B. system, process
C. user, kernel
D. user, system
Answer» D. user, system
452.

Cache manager improves the performance of

A. Programmed I/O
B. File base I/O
C. I/O device
D. I/O Modules
Answer» C. I/O device
453.

Loading and executing a program is called?

A. time sharing
B. process
C. node
D. cluster
Answer» C. node
454.

The last member of the Windows 9X family is

A. windows XP
B. windows 95
C. windows 98
D. windows ME
Answer» B. windows 95
455.

Invalid memory access to computer system is a

A. trap
B. program
C. process
D. interrupt
Answer» B. program
456.

Secondary memory of the computer system is able to store

A. program
B. data
C. instructions
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
457.

To run a program this Setup involves an amount of

A. Money
B. Resources
C. Users
D. Time
Answer» E.
458.

Multiprocessor systems are said to be

A. Expensive
B. Non-efficient
C. Reliable
D. Operatable
Answer» D. Operatable
459.

UMA related to computers, is an abbreviation of

A. uniform memory access
B. non uniform memory access
C. under memory access
D. uniform module access
Answer» B. non uniform memory access
460.

Beowulf clusters are the clusters of the computer system that are

A. high cost systems
B. very high cost systems
C. low cost systems
D. affordable cost systems
Answer» D. affordable cost systems
461.

Dynamic random access memory with battery backup is

A. RAM
B. NVRAM
C. VNRAM
D. NVROM
Answer» C. VNRAM
462.

Example of open source operating system is

A. UNIX
B. Linux
C. windows
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
463.

Interrupt table of pointers having addresses for each interrupt is located at

A. high memory
B. low memory
C. mid memory
D. both a and b
Answer» C. mid memory
464.

Main memory of the computer system is also called

A. non volatile
B. volatile
C. reserved
D. large
Answer» C. reserved
465.

Dual mode of operating system has

A. 1 mode
B. 2 modes
C. 3 modes
D. 4 modes
Answer» C. 3 modes
466.

Multi-processor system gives a

A. small system
B. tightly coupled system
C. loosely coupled system
D. both a and b
Answer» C. loosely coupled system
467.

Logical extension of multiprogramming operating system is

A. time sharing
B. multi-tasking
C. single programing
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
468.

Scheduling of threads are done by

A. input
B. output
C. operating system
D. memory
Answer» D. memory
469.

Multiprocessor system have advantage of

A. Increased Throughput
B. Expensive hardware
C. operating system
D. both a and b
Answer» B. Expensive hardware
470.

Another type of multiple-CPU system is the

A. mini Computer
B. Super Computer
C. Clustered System
D. both a and b
Answer» D. both a and b
471.

Multiprogramming of the computer system increases

A. memory
B. storage
C. CPU utilization
D. cost
Answer» D. cost
472.

Which memory management technique involves dividing the memory into fixed sized blocks ?

A. Paging
B. Scaling
C. Whiping
D. Tracking
Answer» B. Scaling
473.

Which among the following is not aprocess state in unix?

A. Running
B. Runnable
C. Zombie
D. Stopped
Answer» C. Zombie
474.

Which among the following are the components of windows registry?

A. Keys
B. SubKeys
C. Values
D. All the above
Answer» E.
475.

Which command displays the present workig directory in UNIX?

A. $who
B. $pwd
C. $who are you
D. None
Answer» C. $who are you
476.

Which among the following is a system call used for process management

A. fork()
B. exec()
C. getppid()
D. All the above
Answer» E.
477.

Which among the following are not the children of Swapper or Scheduler?

A. Process Dispatcher
B. Vhand
C. Dbflush
D. All the above
Answer» E.
478.

What type of operating system uses the NTFS file system ?

A. Windows
B. Mac OS X
C. Unix
D. All of these
Answer» B. Mac OS X
479.

The PS command prints the process status for only some of the running processes.

A. 1
B.
C.
D.
Answer» C.
480.

The program that is responsible for loading the operating system into RAM is the _______.

A. BIOS
B. Bootstrap Program
C. Drive- Driver
D. Supervisor Program
Answer» C. Drive- Driver
481.

The main interface in Windows and OS X is __________ interface.

A. Command-line
B. Embedded
C. Neural
D. Graphical
Answer» E.
482.

main()_x005F_x000D_ {_x005F_x000D_ fork();_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ printf(“Hello World!”);_x005F_x000D_ }_x005F_x000D_ Output for the above unix program is

A. Hello World!
B. Hello World!Hello World!
C. Hello World
D. None
Answer» C. Hello World
483.

High level language is also called as ?

A. Business oriented language
B. Mathematically oriented language
C. Problem oriented language
D. All of above
Answer» E.
484.

getppid() system call is used to bias the existing priority of a process

A. 1
B.
C.
D.
Answer» C.
485.

Default read write and execute permissions given to a file for owner, group and others are

A. 38083
B. 37352
C. 38813
D. 38874
Answer» B. 37352
486.

A UNIX user named Bob wants to replace his chess program with a new one, but he is not sure where the old one is installed. Bob is currently able to run a Java chess program starting from his home directory /home/bob using the command: java -classpath /test:/home/bob/downloads/*.jar games.Chess Bob's CLASSPATH is set (at login time) to: /usr/lib:/home/bob/classes:/opt/java/lib:/opt/java/lib/*.jar What is a possible location for the Chess.class file?_x005F_x000D_

A. /test/Chess.class
B. /home/bob/Chess.class
C. /test/games/Chess.class
D. /user/lib/games/Chess.class
Answer» E.
487.

A Map is an Array,which contains the addresses of the free space in swap device that are allocatable resources,and the number of the resource unit available there.

A. 1
B.
C.
D.
Answer» B.