1. Which of the following is NOT a function of the operating system?
A. Deals with the transfer of programs in and out of memory
B. Controls the transfer of data to peripherals such as C. printers
D. Search a files in the system
E. Adjusts the bass level on a music file
2. NOT an operating system
A. Linux
B. Android
C. OS X.
D. tinyx.
E. Kali
3. When the computer has to react within a guaranteed time to an input, which type of operating system is the best?
A. multi-tasking
B. multi-user
C. batch processing
D. real-time processing
4. Which type of operating system allows multiple tasks to run at the same time?
A. real-time processing
B. multi-user
C. batch processing
C. multi-tasking
5. Which type of operating system will allow a number of users to use the same system at the same time?
A. multi-tasking
B. multi-user
C. multi-processing
D. batch-processing
6. Which is the processing method where tasks are collected together, stored and then processed in one go at a designated time?
A. multi-processing.
B. batch processing.
C. real-time processing.
D. multi-tasking.
7. Which type of operating system would be the best choice to control the braking system on a card?
batch processing.
multi-tasking.
multi-user.
real-time processing.
8. Which type of processing would be the most appropriate for printing the bank statements ordered by customers each day?
A. batch processing
B. multi-tasking
C. real-time processing
D. None of Above
9. Which type of operating system would be needed to allow the students in a class to read a file that the teacher also had open?
A. batch processing.
B. Multi-tasking.
C. multi-user
D. real time processing.
10. An operating system
A. Controls access to hardware functions.
B. mange the use of memory between programs
C. maintains security and access rights of users.
D. All of above.
11. Operating system functions include:
A. management of file system in a computer.
B. providing the interface between the user and the computer.
C. deals with errors and user instructions
D. All of above.
12. A Process is?
A. program kept on disk.
B. a program in execution.
C. a job in secondary memory.
D. None of above.
13. When processes temporarily suspended is called
A. first come last served
B. first come first served
C. preemptive scheduling
D. non preemptive scheduling
14. Interprocess communication:
A. is required for all processes.
B. is usually done via disk drives.
C. a Linux only function.
D. allows processes to synchronize activity.
15. A system program that sets up an executable program in main memory ready for execution is
A. loader.
B. assembler.
C. linker.
D. compiler.
16. Which of the following are loaded into main memory when the computer is booted?
A. utility programs
B. internal command instructions
C. external command instructions
D. None of above
17.The FIFO algorithm
A. executes first the job that last entered the queue.
B. execute first the job that has highest priority.
C. executes first the job with the least processor needs.
D. executes first the job that first entered the queue.
18. The Memory Address Register
A. is a hardware memory device with current instruction being executed..
B. contains a copy of the designated memory of processes.
C. contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into.
D. contain the free memory addresses that can be used.
19.In virtual memory systems, Dynamic address translation
A. is the hardware necessary to implement paging.
B. stores pages at a specific location on disk.
C. is part of the operating system paging algorithm.
D. All of the above.
20. The inner most component of an operating system is
A. the kernel.
B. the boot sector.
C. the partition table.
D. hard disk.