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Suicidal Operating Systems [Teachers: Teshebayeva Karagoz, Mishina Aigerim ; Final Exam + STATE EXAM] ▼ Quiz on OS | Quizzes #3 and #4, created by Good Guy Beket on 28/03/2019.
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Question 1

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Utilities are:
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  • Processor registers
  • Application programs
  • Opcodes
  • System programs

Question 2

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The process index register
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  • Contains the index into the process list of process currently controlling the processor.
  • Contains the staring address of the region of memory occupied by the process.
  • Define the region in memory occupied by the process
  • Points to the next isntruction in that process to be executed

Question 3

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The end user views a computer system in terms of:
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  • A set of machine instructions
  • A set of applications
  • A set of system programs
  • Utilities

Question 4

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Choose the storage management responsibility for «The OS can achieve efficiency by assigning memory to jobs only as needed:
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  • Process isolation
  • Protection and access control
  • Automatic allocation and management
  • Long-term storage
  • Support of modular programming

Question 5

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"The OS as a User/Computer Interface" corresponds to the following objective:
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  • Efficiency
  • Convenience
  • Ability to evolve

Question 6

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_____ is generally faster than _____
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  • first fit, best fit
  • none of the above
  • best fit, first fit
  • worst fit, best fit

Question 7

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Memory partitioning algorithm that uses binary tree as a data structure is called:
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  • First-fit algorithm
  • Buddy system
  • Next-fit algorithm
  • Best-fit algorithm

Question 8

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The address of a page table in memory is pointed by:
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  • stack pointer
  • page table base register
  • program counter
  • page register

Question 9

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Which of the following is not true about the memory management?
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  • segmented memory can be paged
  • virtual memory is used only in multi-user systems
  • segmentation suffers from external fragmentation
  • paging suffers from internal fragmentation

Question 10

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Main memory is broken into fixed-size blocks called
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  • None of the above
  • Segments
  • Frames
  • Pages

Question 11

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In operating system each process has its own:
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  • address space and global variables
  • set of data
  • program code
  • all of mentioned

Question 12

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Mutual exclusion can be provided by the:
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  • both
  • mutex locks
  • binary semaphores
  • none of the above

Question 13

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What is a medium-term scheduler?
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  • It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
  • It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
  • None of the above

Question 14

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The state of a process is defined by:
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  • The activity to next to be executed by the process
  • The activity just executed by the process
  • The current activity of the process
  • The final activity of the process

Question 15

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What is a ready state of a process?
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  • when process is using the CPU
  • when process is scheduled to run after some execution
  • when process is unable to run unitl some task has been completed
  • none of the above

Question 16

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Which one of the following is the deadlock avoidance algorithm?
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  • round-robin algorithm
  • elevator algorithm
  • banker's algorithm
  • dinning philosophers problem

Question 17

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A state is safe if:
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  • the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock
  • all of the above
  • the state keeps the system protected and safe
  • the system does not crash due to deadlock occurrence

Question 18

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The initial value of the semaphore, that allows only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections, is:
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  • 2
  • 1
  • 0
  • 10

Question 19

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The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, write into files is known as:
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  • critical section
  • mutual exclusion
  • non-critical section
  • program

Question 20

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A problem encountered in multitasking when a process is perpetually denied necessary resources is called
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  • starvation
  • aging
  • inversion
  • deadlock

Question 21

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A system is in the safe state if:
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  • none of the above
  • there exist a safe sequence
  • both A and B
  • the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock

Question 22

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What is the reusable resource?
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  • that can be used by one process at a time and is not depleted by that use
  • that can be used by more than one process at a time
  • that can be shared between various threads
  • none of the above

Question 23

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This illustrates the progress of two processes competing for two resources
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  • joint progress diagram
  • joint ingres diagram.
  • joint regress diagram.
  • joint process diagram.

Question 24

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Current allocation of resources to processes where there is at least one sequence that does not result in deadlock is called
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  • Safe state
  • Ambiguous state
  • Unsafe state
  • Alternative state

Question 25

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The resource vector defines:
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  • total amount of each resource in the system
  • total amount of each resource NOT allocated to any process
  • total amount of resources required for all processes
  • total amount of each resource allocated to all processes

Question 26

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"No preemption" condition for deadlock is defined as
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  • No resource can be forcibly removed from process holding it.
  • Process holds a resources while awaiting for other resource
  • Only one process may use a resource at a time
  • Each process holds resource needed by next process in chain

Question 27

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This matrix defines the current allocation to process i of resource j:
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  • Claim matrix
  • Allocation matrix
  • Resource matrix
  • Request matrix

Question 28

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Which of the following cannot be interrupted?
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  • Process
  • Thread
  • Atomic operation
  • Module

Question 29

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A minimum of ____ variables is/are required to be shared between processes to solve critical section problem.
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  • three
  • two
  • one
  • four

Question 30

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For non-sharable resources like a printer, mutual exclusion:
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  • must exist
  • may exist
  • must not exist
  • none of the above

Question 31

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A monitor is type of:
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  • high-level synchronization construct
  • deadlock
  • low-level synchronization construct
  • none of the above

Question 32

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An un-interruptible unit is known as:
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  • atomic.
  • single
  • static
  • none of the above

Question 33

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Part of program, where the shared memory is accessed and which should be executed invisibly, is called:
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  • critical section
  • semaphores
  • directory
  • mutual exclusion

Question 34

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Current allocation of resources to processes where there is no sequence that does not result in deadlock is called:
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  • Safe state
  • Unsafe state
  • Alternative state
  • Ambiguous state

Question 35

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Which of the following is not one of the principles of dealing with deadlock?
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  • Initialization
  • Detection
  • Prevention
  • Avoidance

Question 36

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Deadlock inevitable region can be referred to as a:
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  • fatal region
  • false region
  • final region
  • fun region

Question 37

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When each process in the set is blocked awaiting for resource seized by another blocked process:
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  • it is deadlock
  • it is deadend
  • it is a softlock
  • It is a mortallock

Question 38

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What is NOT an example of reusable resource?
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  • I/O channels
  • Semaphores
  • Processors
  • Interrupt

Question 39

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In the non-blocking send, blocking receive:
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  • the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
  • the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
  • sender continues on, receiver is blocked until the requested message arrives
  • none of the above

Question 40

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The degree of multi-programming is:
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  • the number of process in memory
  • the number of processes executed per unit time
  • the number of process in the ready queue
  • the number of process in the I/O queue

Question 41

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What controls the process in a single-threaded process model?
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  • Process control block
  • Kernel stack control block
  • User address space control block
  • User stack control block

Question 42

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The context of a process in the PCB of a process DOESN'T contain:
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  • memory-management information
  • context switch time
  • the process state
  • the value of CPU registers

Question 43

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Job control language was used to:
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  • provide instructions to the monitor to improve job setup time.
  • control the sequence of events as the resident monitor
  • translate the user's program into object code
  • execute instructions

Question 44

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The hardware and software used in providing applications to a user can be viewed in a:
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  • sandwich fashion
  • classified fashion
  • layered fashion
  • leveled fashion

Question 45

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Semaphore is a/an _____ to solve critical section problem.
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  • integer variable
  • special program for a system
  • complex structure
  • hardware for a system

Question 46

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A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called
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  • data consistency
  • aging
  • race condition
  • starvation

Question 47

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«The OS as a resource manager» corresponds to the following objective:
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  • Efficiency
  • Convenience
  • Ability to evolve

Question 48

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Choose the storage management responsibility for «Programmers should be able to define program modules and to create, destroy and after the size of modules dynamically»:
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  • long-term storage
  • automatic allocation and management
  • support of modular programming
  • process isolation

Question 49

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The first fit, best fit and worst fit are strategies to select a:
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  • free hole from a set of available holes.
  • processor to run the next process
  • process from a queue to put in memory
  • all of the above

Question 50

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For every process there is a:
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  • page table.
  • copy of page table
  • frame table
  • pointer to page table

Question 51

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The memory allocation scheme subject to "internal" fragmentation is
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  • fixed partitioning.
  • virtual memory segmentation
  • pure demand paging
  • segmentation

Question 52

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In memory systems, boundary registers
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  • are used for temporary program variable storage
  • are only necessary with fixed partitions
  • are only necessary with unequal-length partitions
  • track the beginning and ending of programs

Question 53

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Any program, no matter how small, will occupy an entire partition results in
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  • paging
  • internal fragmentation
  • segmentation
  • external fragmentation

Question 54

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The Process Control Block is:
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  • a secondary storage section
  • process type variable
  • data structure
  • a block in memory

Question 55

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Which one of the following is synchronization tool?
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  • socket
  • thread
  • pipe
  • semaphore

Question 56

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The link between two processes P and Q to send and receive messages is called:
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  • communication link
  • message-passing link
  • synchronization tool
  • all of the above

Question 57

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This system handles multiple interactive jobs:
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  • Serial procesing
  • Simple batch system
  • Time-sharing system
  • Multiprogrammed batch system

Question 58

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"Two or more programs hung up waiting for each other". This error is caused by
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  • Improper synchronization
  • Nondeterminate program operation
  • Deadlocks
  • Failed mutual exclusion

Question 59

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"Lost signals, duplicate signals received". This error is caused by:
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  • improper synchronization
  • nondeterminate program operation
  • failed mutual exclusion
  • deadlocks

Question 60

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The principal tool available to system programmers in developing the early multiprogramming and multiuser interactive systems
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  • Interrupt
  • Job Control Language
  • Ad hoc Method
  • Monitor

Question 61

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Fixed-length block of data in secondary memory is called:
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  • frames
  • segments
  • pages
  • none of the above

Question 62

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When the free memory is split into many unconnected pieces we call it:
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  • Compaction
  • External fragmentation
  • Memory distribution
  • Internal fragmentation

Question 63

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If a page number is not found in the TLB, then it is known as a:
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  • TLB miss
  • page fault
  • buffer miss
  • TLB hit

Question 64

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With paging there is no ______ fragmentation.
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  • either type of
  • internal
  • external
  • none of the above

Question 65

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If a page table entry is not in a main memory, then it is known as a:
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  • TLB hit
  • TLB miss
  • buffer miss
  • page fault

Question 66

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This matrix defines the amount of resources of type j requested by process i:
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  • Request matrix
  • Resource matrix
  • Claim matrix
  • Allocation matrix

Question 67

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«Hold and wait» condition for deadlock is defined as:
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  • process holds a resource while awaiting for other resource.
  • no resource can be forcibly removed from process holding it
  • only one process may use a resource at a time
  • each process holds resource needed by next process in chain

Question 68

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«Circular wait» condition for deadlock is defined as:
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  • each process holds a resource needed by next process in chain.
  • no resource can be forcibly removed from process holding it
  • only one process may use a resource at a time
  • process holds a resource while awaiting for other resource

Question 69

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Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and _____
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  • hold and wait
  • deadlock avoidance
  • race around condition
  • buffer overflow
  • none of the above

Question 70

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This resource can safely be used by only one process at a time and is not depleted by that use:
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  • refreshing resource
  • replenishing resource
  • refurbished resource
  • reusable resource

Question 71

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The available vector defines:
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  • total amount of resources required for all processes
  • total amount of each resource allocated to all processes
  • total amount of each resource NOT allocated to any process
  • total amount of each resource in the system

Question 72

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"No preemption" condition for deadlock is defined as:
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  • No resource can be forcibly removed from process holding it.
  • Only one process may use a resource at a time
  • Process holds a resource while awaiting for other resource
  • Each process holds resource needed by next process in chain

Question 73

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For sharable resources, mutual exclusion
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  • is not required
  • is required
  • may be or may not be required
  • none of the mentioned

Question 74

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In the blocking send, blocking receive:
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  • both sender and receiver are blocked until message is delivered
  • none of the above
  • the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
  • the sending process sends the message while receiver is blocked

Question 75

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In the non-blocking send, non-blocking receive:
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  • sender continues on, receiver is blocked until the requested message arrives.
  • neither of processes are required to wait
  • the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
  • the sending process sends the message and resumes operation

Question 76

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"More than one attempts to make use of a shared resource at the same time". This error is caused by:
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  • failed mutual exclusion
  • improper synchronization
  • deadlocks
  • nondeterminate program operation

Question 77

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Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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  • Blocked to running
  • Blocked to ready
  • Running to blocked
  • Ready to running

Question 78

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What is a short-term scheduler?
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  • It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
  • It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
  • None of these

Question 79

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What is a long-term scheduler?
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  • It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
  • It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
  • None of these

Question 80

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What is inter-process communication?
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  • Communication between two threads of same process.
  • Communication between two process
  • Communication within the process
  • None of the mentioned

Question 81

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There were no OS with
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  • Serial processing
  • Simple batch systems
  • Time sharing systems
  • Multiprogrammed batch systems

Question 82

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Inter-process communication
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  • allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions without using the same address space
  • none of the above
  • allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication
  • allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using the same address space

Question 83

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A sequence of instructions in a computer language to get the desired result is known as:
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  • algorithm
  • process
  • instruction
  • program

Question 84

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In contiguous memory allocation
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  • each process is contained in a single contiguous section of memory
  • none of the above
  • the memory space is contiguous
  • all processes is contained in a single contiguous section of memory

Question 85

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A system clock generates an interrupts at a rate of approximately every 0.2 seconds. At each clock interrupt regained control and could assign processor to another user. Technique is known as:
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  • Time scheduling
  • Time slicing
  • Time sliding
  • Time allocating

Question 86

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In internal fragmentation, memory is internal to a partition and
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  • is not being used
  • none of the above
  • is always used
  • is being used

Question 87

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The operating system maintains a ____ table that keeps track of how many frames have been allocated, how many are there and how many are available
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  • memory
  • page
  • frame
  • segment

Question 88

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The algorithm is slow and may even tend to fill up memory with useless holes
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  • Best fit
  • Worst fit
  • First fit
  • None of the above

Question 89

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24. Which of the following statements is false?
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  • I\O transfers are more efficient with large pages
  • a large page size causes instructions and data that will not be referenced brought into primary storage
  • a small page size causes large page tables
  • internal fragmentation is increased with small pages

Question 90

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Short-term scheduler, or dispatcher, picks a process. Each process in the queue is given some time in turn. The strategy is called
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  • Round-robin technique
  • Prioritizing
  • Carousel technique
  • Merry-go-round technique

Question 91

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The limit register:
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  • Defines the size of the region of (in bytes or words)
  • Contains the index into the process list of the process currently controlling the processor
  • Points to the next instruction in that process to be executed
  • Contains the staring address of the region of memory occupied by the process

Question 92

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Dispatcher is:
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  • Small program which switches the processor from one process to another
  • Trace scheduler
  • Interrupt handler
  • User account manager

Question 93

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Process spawning is:
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  • Creation of parent process
  • Creation of child process
  • Termination of parent process
  • Termination of child process

Question 94

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The code that changes the value of the semaphore is:
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  • remainder section code
  • non – critical section code
  • critical section code
  • none of the mentioned

Question 95

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This resource can be created and destroyed
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  • consumable resource
  • finite resource
  • restartable resource
  • resumable resource

Question 96

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What is NOT an example of consumable resource?
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  • Information in I/O buffers.
  • Signals
  • Main memory
  • Messages

Question 97

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A binary semaphore is a semaphore with integer values (multiple choices):
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  • 1
  • —1
  • 0
  • 0.5

Question 98

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If more than one user or program attempts to make use of a shared resource at the same time, it may cause the error of
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  • Deadlocks
  • Failed mutual exclusion
  • Nondeterminate program operation
  • Improper synchronization

Question 99

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Mutual exclusion means that
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  • if a process is executing in its critical section, then no other process must be executing in their critical sections
  • if a process is executing in its critical section, then all the resources of the system must be blocked until it finishes exclusion
  • if a process is executing in its critical section, then other processes must be executing in their critical section
  • none of the above

Question 100

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The two kinds of semaphores are:
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  • mutex
  • counting
  • binary
  • decimal

Question 101

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The objective of multi-programming is to:
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  • have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run
  • to maximize CPU utilization
  • to minimize CPU utilization

Question 102

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A relationship between processes such that each has some part (critical section) which must not be executed while the critical section or another
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  • Mutual exclusion
  • Multiprogramming
  • Semaphore
  • Multitasking

Question 103

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What is a method of memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is subdivided into equal portions or blocks? It is a method of allocating processor time?
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  • Paging
  • Virtual memory
  • Partition
  • Segmentation
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