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CS 372 Quiz 1 Review

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This is to help practice for the CS 372 midterm at WOU
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Frage 1

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A _____ is an example of a systems program.
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  • text formatter
  • Web browser
  • database system
  • command interpreter

Frage 2

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____ is a popular commercial application that abstracts Intel 80XXx86 hardware into isolated virtual machines.
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  • .NET
  • VMware
  • JVM
  • JIT

Frage 3

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Java technology is
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  • A programming language specification
  • A specification of a virtual machine
  • A virtual machine
  • Both (A) and (C)

Frage 4

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_____ is not an example of a benefit of virtual machines.
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  • Protects the host system from guest operating systems
  • The ability to run several different operating systems that all share the same hardware
  • Uses less physical memory than an actual operating system
  • The ability to concurrently run several different operating systems

Frage 5

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_____ provide(s) an interface to the services provided by an operating system.
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  • Shared memory
  • System calls
  • Communication
  • Simulators

Frage 6

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_____ is not one of the major categories of system calls.
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  • Process control
  • Security
  • Communications
  • Protection

Frage 7

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______ tricks an application by having it think it is the only process on the system.
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  • Simulation
  • The Java virtual machine
  • The .NET framework
  • Paravirtualization

Frage 8

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_____ allow operating system services to be loaded dynamically.
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  • Graphical user interfaces
  • Virtual machines
  • File systems
  • Modules

Frage 9

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Microkernels use _____ for communication.
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  • virtualization
  • system calls
  • message passing
  • shared memory

Frage 10

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The Windows CreateProcess() system call creates a new process. What is the equivalent system call in UNIX:
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  • process()
  • fork()
  • getpid()
  • NTCreateProcess()

Frage 11

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The close() system call in UNIX is used to close a file. What is the equivalent system call in Windows:
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  • CloseFile()
  • Exit()
  • close()
  • CloseHandle()

Frage 12

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If a program terminates abnormally, a dump of memory may be examined by a ____ to determine the cause of the problem.
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  • debugger
  • module
  • control card
  • shell

Frage 13

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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  • An operating system provides an environment for the execution of programs.
  • Operating systems must provide both protection and security.
  • Operating systems provide both command line as well as graphical user interfaces.
  • An operating system manages system resources.

Frage 14

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_____ is/are not a technique for passing parameters from an application to a system call
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  • Stack
  • Registers
  • Special block in memory
  • Cache memory

Frage 15

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A message-passing model is ____.
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  • only useful for small simple operating systems
  • easier to implement than a shared memory model for intercomputer communication
  • a network protocol, and does not apply to operating systems
  • faster than the shared memory model

Frage 16

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KDE and GNOME desktops are available under open-source licenses.
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  • True
  • False

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Many operating system merge I/O devices and files into a combined file because of the similarity of system calls for each.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 18

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The virtual-machine concept does not offer complete protection of the various system resources.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 19

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A program written for the .NET Framework need not worry about the specifics of the hardware or the operating system on which it will run.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 20

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An initial bootstrap program is in the form of random-access memory (RAM)
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  • True
  • False

Frage 21

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System calls can be run in either user mode or kernel mode.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 22

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Policy ____
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  • is not likely to change over time
  • determines what will be done
  • is not likely to change across places
  • determines how to do something

Frage 23

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Application programmers typically use an API rather than directory invoking system calls.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 24

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In general, Windows system calls have longer, more descriptive names and UNIX system calls use shorter, less descriptive names.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 25

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Some level of hardware support is required to provide virtualization.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 26

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The JVM may only be implemented in software.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 27

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The JVM provides the ability to run architecture-neutral programs.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 28

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The major difficulty in designing a layered operating system approach is ____.
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  • making sure that each layer hides certain data structures, hardware, and operations from higher-level layers
  • making sure each layer is easily converted to modules
  • debugging a particular layer
  • appropriately defining the various layers

Frage 29

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A microkernel is a kernel ____.
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  • that is stripped of all nonessential components
  • that is compiled to produce the smallest size possible when stored to disk
  • containing many components that are optimized to reduce resident memory size
  • that is compressed before loading in order to reduce its resident memory size

Frage 30

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To the SYSGEN program of an operating system, the least useful piece of information is _____.
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  • amount of memory available
  • what applications to install
  • operating-system options such as buffer sizes or CPU scheduling algorithms
  • the CPU being used

Frage 31

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A boot block ____.
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  • typically only knows the location and length of the rest of the bootstrap program
  • typically is sophisticated enough to load the operating system and begin its execution
  • is composed of multiple disk blocks
  • is composed of multiple disk cylinders

Frage 32

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In a virtual machine, each program believes that it has ____.
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  • another "virtual" computer to assist in its operations
  • more memory than is physically available on the machine
  • its own memory
  • multiple processors
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