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Question 1

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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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  • race condition
  • data consistency
  • starvation
  • mutual exclusion

Question 2

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Which one of the following is the address generated by CPU?
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  • logical address
  • physical address
  • absolute address
  • none of the above

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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Operating system maintains the page table for
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  • each process
  • each thread
  • each instruction
  • each address

Question 7

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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
  • buffer miss
  • TLB hit
  • page fault

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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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 a deadend
  • it is a deadlock
  • it is a softlock
  • it is a mortallock

Question 12

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The number of resources requested be a process:
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  • must exceed the total number of resources available in the system
  • must always be equal to the total number of resources available in the system
  • must not exceed the total number of resources available in the system
  • must always be less than the total number of resources available in the system

Question 13

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What is interprocess communication?
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  • communication between two process
  • communication between two threads of same process
  • none of the above
  • communication within the process

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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To avoid the race condition, the number of processes that may be simultaneously inside their critical section is:
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  • 10
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2

Question 17

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Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the system?
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  • init process
  • cooperating process
  • child process
  • parent process

Question 18

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Which of the following registers are used by the processor to exchange data with memory?
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  • MAR and MBR
  • PC and IR
  • Program status word
  • I/OAR and I/OBR

Question 19

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Which of the following registers are used by the processor to exchange data with input/output module?
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  • MAR and MBR
  • PC and IR
  • Program status word
  • I/OAR and I/OBR

Question 20

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The main disadvantage of this technique: consumes a lot of processor time, because every word
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  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 21

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The processor issues an I/O command to a module and then go on to some other useful work. The I/O module performs the requested action and alerts the processor to request service when it is ready to exchange data with the processor. The described technique is:
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  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 22

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Which of the following is not a technique possible for I/O operations?
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  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 23

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

Question 24

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We have 
Ts = average (system) access time
 T1 = access time of M1 (cache) 
T2 = access time of M2 (main memory) 
T3 = access time of M3 (disk) 
H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M1 
H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M2 
The average time to access an item, in case the item in disk is:
Answer
  • Ts = H1*T1 + H2*T2 + (1-H2)*T3
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H1*T1 + H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T2 + T3))
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*H2*(T2 + T3)
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T1 + T2 + T3))

Question 25

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This chooses which block to replace when a new block is to be loaded into the cache and the cache already had all slots filled with other blocks:
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  • replacement algorithm
  • write policy
  • cache size
  • locality of reference

Question 26

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If the accessed word is found in the faster memory, that is defined as a:
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  • bingo
  • win
  • hit
  • evrika

Question 27

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If the accessed word is not found in the faster memory, that is defined as a:
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  • ricochet
  • miss
  • zero
  • loss

Question 28

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The processor contains a single data register, called
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  • PSW
  • PC
  • IR
  • AC

Question 29

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Which register contains the instruction most recently fetched?
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  • instruction register
  • execution register
  • program counter
  • process counter

Question 30

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This register specifies the location in memory for the next read or write
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  • Memory address register
  • I/OAR
  • Memory buffer register
  • I/OBR

Question 31

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Which of the following element of a computer system moves data between the computer and its external environment?
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  • Main memory
  • Processor
  • System bus
  • I/O modules

Question 32

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This main disadvantage of this technique: consumes a lot of processor time, because every word of data that goes from memory to I/O module or from I/O module to memory must pass through the processor
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  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 33

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The processor issues an I/O command to a separate module, by sending the type of operation (read/write), the address of the I/O device, the starting location in memory for data, number of words. Then the processor continues with other work. The module transfers the entire block of data to/from memory without going through the processor. The described technique is:
Answer
  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 34

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The processor issues an I/O command to a module and waits, periodically checking the status of the I/O module until it finds that the operation is complete. The I/O module performs the requested action and then sets the appropriate bits in the I/O status register but takes no further action to alert the processor. The described technique is:
Answer
  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 35

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The processor is executing "Load AC from memory" instruction. Choose the correct micro-instruction:
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  • PC -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> AC IR -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> AC
  • PC -> MBR M -> MAR MAR -> IR IR -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> AC
  • PC -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> IR IR -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> AC
  • PC -> MAR M -> MBR MBR -> IR IR -> MBR M -> MAR MAR -> AC

Question 36

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If there no interrupts, after each write operation, the processor must:
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  • Load new PC value
  • Finish execution of current instruction
  • Save the PSW and PC onto control stack
  • Pause and remain idle until the I/O operation finishes

Question 37

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Complete the relationship concerning the memory systems: greater capacity
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  • lower capacity
  • greater cost per bit
  • faster access speed
  • smaller cost per bit

Question 38

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User-visible registers minimize main memory references by optimizing register use
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  • True
  • False

Question 39

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This register contains the data to be written into memory or which receives the data read from memory
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  • I/OAR
  • memory buffer register
  • memory address register
  • I/OBR

Question 40

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Which of the following element of a computer system controls the operation of the computer and performs its data processing functions?
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  • System bus
  • Main memory
  • I/O modules
  • Processor

Question 41

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The main disadvantages of this technique: there is a competition for bus usage
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  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O
  • Manual memory access
  • Direct memory access (DMA)

Question 42

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At the beginning of each instruction cycle, the processor fetches an instruction from the memory. The address of the instruction is held in
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  • IR
  • MBR
  • MAR
  • PC

Question 43

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The smaller, more expensive, faster memory is:
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  • Disk drive
  • Cache
  • Main memory
  • Register

Question 44

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

Question 45

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The principal objective of the time-sharing system is to
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  • Minimize response time
  • Minimize processor utilization
  • Maximize response time
  • Maximize processor utilization

Question 46

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Serial processing was used
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  • In early 1960s
  • From late 1940s to the mid-1950s
  • From the mid-1950s to early 1960s

Question 47

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The programmer interacted directly with the computer hardware with
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  • Simple batch systems
  • Serial processing
  • Time-sharing-systems
  • Multiprogrammed batch systems

Question 48

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In operation system security and protection, availability is:
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  • Concerned with the proper verification of the identity of users and the validity of messages or data
  • Assuring that users cannot read data for which access is unauthorized
  • Protection of data from unauthorized modification
  • Concerned with protecting the system against interruption

Question 49

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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
  • Long-term storage
  • Support of modular programming
  • Automatic allocation and management

Question 50

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The limit register
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  • Defines the size of the region of memory occupied by the process (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 51

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In operating system security and protection, authenticity is:
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  • Concerned with the proper verification of the identity of users and the validity of messages or data
  • Assuring that users cannot read data for which access is unauthorized
  • Protection of data from unauthorized modification
  • Concerned with protecting the system against interruption

Question 52

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An application programs is developed by the
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  • Application programmer
  • End user
  • Operating system
  • Hardware

Question 53

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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 54

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Process is
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  • Program in High level language kept on disk
  • Contents of main memory
  • A job in secondary memory
  • A program in execution

Question 55

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If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called
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  • Synchronous exclusion
  • Critical exclusion
  • Asynchronous exclusion
  • Mutual exclusion

Question 56

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In operating system security and protection, confidentiality is:
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  • Concerned with the proper verification of the identity of users and the validity of messages or data
  • Assuring that users cannot read data for which access is unauthorized
  • Protection of data from unauthorized modification
  • Concerned with protecting the system against interruption

Question 57

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In operating system security and protection, Data integrity is:
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  • Concerned with the proper verification of the identity of users and the validity of messages or data
  • Assuring that users cannot read data for which access is unauthorized
  • Protection of data from unauthorized modification
  • Concerned with protecting the system against interruption

Question 58

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When the time required for the I/O operation is less that the time to complete the execution of instructions between write operations in the user program, it is:
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  • Fast I/O wait
  • Slow I/O wait
  • Long I/O wait
  • Short I/O wait

Question 59

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This type of memory is nonvolatile:
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  • Register
  • Secondary memory
  • Cache
  • Main memory

Question 60

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If the contents of a block in the cache are altered, then it is needed to save it back to main memory before replacing it. This is called:
Answer
  • write policy
  • mapping function
  • locality of reference
  • replacement algorithm

Question 61

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What is not a structural element of a computer system?
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  • System bus
  • Main memory
  • Operating system
  • Processor

Question 62

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The main disadvantage of this technique: it is a time-consuming process that keeps the processor busy needlessly
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  • Direct memory access (DMA)
  • Manual memory access
  • Interrupt-driven I/O
  • Programmed I/O

Question 63

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Which of the following element of a computer system stores data and programs
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  • Main memory
  • System bus
  • Processor
  • I/O modules

Question 64

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When an I/O device completes an I/O operation, the device issues an interrupt signal to the processor and then:
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  • The processor stops execution of the current instruction without finishing it and responds to the interrupt
  • The processor loads the program counter with the entry location of the interrupt-handling routine
  • The processor saves information needed to resume the current program at the point if interrupt
  • The processor finishes execution of the current instruction before responding to the interrupt

Question 65

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Complete the relationship concerning the memory systems: greater capacity
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  • lower capacity
  • slower access speed
  • greater cost per bit
  • faster access speed

Question 66

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Which register contains condition codes set by the processor hardware as the result of operations?
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  • Program counter
  • Accumulator
  • Program status word
  • Stack pointer

Question 67

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Which of the following provides for communication among elements of a computer system?
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  • main memory
  • system bus
  • processor
  • I/O modules

Question 68

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We have Ts = average (system) access time
 T1 = access time of M1 (cache)
 T2 = access time of M2 (main memory)
 T3 = access time of M3 (disk)
 H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M1
 H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M2
 The average time to access an item, in case the item in main memory is:
Answer
  • Ts = H1*T1 + H2*T2 + (1-H2)*T3
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H1*T1 + H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T2 + T3))
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(T1+T2)
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T1 + T2 + T3))

Question 69

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Control and status registers control the operation of the processor and the execution of programs
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  • True
  • False

Question 70

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This type of system was developed at MIT by a group known as Project MAC for the IBM 709 in 1961
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  • Serial processing
  • Multiprogrammed batch system
  • Simple batch system
  • Time-sharing-system

Question 71

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The concept of codes of operation (user mode, system mode) was introduced with
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  • Time-sharing-system
  • Simple batch system
  • Multiprogrammed batch system
  • Serial processing

Question 72

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

Question 73

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Central idea in this system was the use of piece of software known as the monitor:
Answer
  • Time-sharing-system
  • Simple batch system
  • Multiprogrammed batch system
  • Serial processing

Question 74

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'More than one program attempts to make use of a shared resource at the same time'. This is
Answer
  • Failed mutual exclusion
  • Improper synchronization
  • Deadlocks
  • Nondeterminate program operation

Question 75

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The term was first used by the designers of Multics in 1960s:
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  • Monitor
  • Process
  • Multiprogramming
  • Time sharing

Question 76

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

Question 77

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"When program shares memory and their execution is interleaved by the processor, they may interfere with each other by overwriting common memory areas in unpredictable ways. The result of a particular program depend on the activities of other programs in shared systems". This is:
Answer
  • Falled mutual exclusions
  • Deadlocks
  • Nondeterminate program operation
  • Improper synchronisation

Question 78

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

Question 79

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

Question 80

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Suppose that a process is in "Blocked" state waiting for some I/O device. When the service is completed, it goes to the:
Answer
  • Suspended state
  • Terminated state
  • Ready state
  • Running state

Question 81

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We have Ts = average (system) access time T1 = access time of M1 (cache)
 T2 = access time of M2 (main memory) T3 = access time of M3 (disk)
 H1 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M1
 H2 = hit ratio, fraction of time reference is found i M2
 The average time to access an item, in case the item in cache is:
Answer
  • Ts = H1*T1 + H2*T2 + (1-H2)*T3
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H1*T1 + H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T2 + T3))
  • Ts = H1*T1
  • Ts = H1*T1 + (1-H1)*(H2*(T1 + T2) + (1 - H2)*(T1 + T2 + T3))

Question 82

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The serial processing presented two main problems:
Answer
  • setup time
  • using a monitor
  • time slicing
  • multiprogramming
  • scheduling

Question 83

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The process index register:
Answer
  • contains the index into a process list of the process currently controlling the processor
  • define the region in memory occupied by the process
  • points to the next instruction in that process to be executed
  • contains the starting address of the region of memory occupied by the process

Question 84

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The concept of a batch operating system was developed to
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  • Maximize processor utilization
  • Minimize response time
  • Support interactive mode
  • Minimize processor utilization

Question 85

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Batch operating system were used
Answer
  • From the late 1940s to the mid-1950s
  • From the mid-1950 to early 1960s
  • In early 1960s

Question 86

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"More than one programs hung up waiting for each other". This is
Answer
  • Failed mutual exclusions
  • Deadlocks
  • Nondeterminate program operation
  • Improper synchronization

Question 87

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This contains the most frequently used functions in the OS:
Answer
  • Centre
  • Base
  • Root
  • Kernel

Question 88

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

Question 89

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Which of the following is not the state of a process?
Answer
  • new
  • waiting
  • terminated
  • ready
  • running
  • old

Question 90

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The fetched instruction is loaded into the
Answer
  • IR
  • Accumulator
  • Memory
  • PC

Question 91

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When the time required for the I/O operation will take much more time than executing a sequence of user instructions, it is:
Answer
  • Slow I/O wait
  • Long I/O wait
  • Fast I/O wait
  • Short I/O wait

Question 92

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The system handles multiple interactive jobs
Answer
  • Time-sharing-system
  • Simple batch system
  • Serial processing
  • Multiprogrammed batch system

Question 93

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A system clock generates interrupts at a rate of approximately one every 0.2 seconds. At each clock interrupt, the OS regained control and could assign the processor to another user. This technique is known as
Answer
  • Time scheduling
  • Time sliding
  • Time slicing
  • Time allocating

Question 94

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Choose the storage management responsibility for "Programmers should be able to define programs modules, and to create, destroy, and alter the size of modules dynamically":
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  • Protection and access control
  • Long-term storage
  • automatic allocation and management
  • process isolation
  • support of modular programming

Question 95

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'Lost signals, duplicate signals received'. This is
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  • Improper synchronization
  • Nondeterminate program operation
  • Deadlocks
  • Failed mutual exclusion
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