Which of the following is NOT one of the three states that the process can be in?
Multitasking
Running
Runnable
Waiting
Which of the following tasks is NOT a responsibility of the operating system?
Distributes resources of the computer to programs.
Displays the content of an HTML webpage.
Provides a way of communication between the user and the computer.
Ensures that user's files cannot be accessed by other users.
Where in a computer is BIOS written?
Register
Cache
RAM
ROM
What do we call the process of moving content of RAM to virtual memory?
Segmentation
Virtualisation
RAM-transferring
Paging
What is the difference between a process virtual machine and a system virtual machine?
Process virtual machines have no memory, while system virtual machines do.
There is no difference.
System virtual machines allow execution of programs that were written for other types of environments; process virtual machines emulate operating systems.
Process virtual machines allow execution of programs that were written for other types of environments; system virtual machines emulate operating systems.
Which of the following is NOT a peripheral?
Processor
Printer
Computer mouse
Flash drive
What scheduling algorithm is used for situations where tasks can be divided into more groups?
Shortest job first scheduling
First come first served scheduling
Round robin scheduling
Multilevel queue scheduling
Which of the following is NOT an operating system?
Windows
iOS
Android
Kernel
Which of the following describes the process of dividing the computer's memory into sections?
Sectioning
Buffering
Which scheduling algorithm executes the tasks simply in the same order as they arrived?
Shortest remaining time scheduling
