Operating System Mock Test 1

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1. In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process goes from the running state to the __________

Ready state

Blocked state

Terminated state

Suspended state

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Question 2 of 10

2. A process that is based on IPC mechanism which executes on different systems and can communicate with other processes using message based communication, is called ________

Local Procedure Call

Remote Procedure Call

Remote Machine Invocation

Inter Process Communication

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3. When the process issues an I/O request __________

It is placed in the ready queue

It is placed in a waiting queue

It is placed in an I/O queue

It is placed in the Job queue

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4. The initial program that is run when the computer is powered up is called __________

boot program

initializer

bootloader

bootstrap program

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Question 5 of 10

5. To differentiate the many network services a system supports ______ are used.

Ports

Variables

Sockets

Service names

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Question 6 of 10

6. A parent process calling _____ system call will be suspended until children processes terminate.

exec

exit

fork

wait

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Question 7 of 10

7. To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________

Library

API

System calls

Assembly instructions

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Question 8 of 10

8. The link between two processes P and Q to send and receive messages is called __________

message-passing link

synchronization link

all of the mentioned

communication link

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which algorithm is defined in Time quantum?

multilevel queue scheduling algorithm

shortest job scheduling algorithm

priority scheduling algorithm

round robin scheduling algorithm

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Question 10 of 10

10. The OS X has ____________

monolithic kernel

hybrid kernel

monolithic kernel with modules

microkernel

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