Grade 13 Quiz on OS and Networks

This gives you all the information you need on a process.

• Process State

• Deadlock

• Process control Block

• Accounting Information

This gives the address of the next instruction on a process.

• Accounting information

• CPU Scheduling information

• Program Counter

• CPU registers

There are five (5) necessary conditions that can cause deadlock to occur.

• True

• False

Mutual Exclusion is where at least one process must be in a non-sharable mode.

• True

• False

No preemption means that a process can only release the CPU non-voluntarily.

• True

• False

All the following are benefits of virtual memory except?

• Physical memory constraint

• Increased CPU utilization

• Less swapping of I/O devices

• All the above

All the following are ways we can secure files except?

• Passwords

• Lockwords

• Activity book

• File compression

A device that allows for the transmission of data over cables lines.

• Modem

• Switch

• Router

• NIC

A switch is much preferred over hub.

• True

• False

A switch broadcast to all the computers attached while a hub makes a direct connection with the attached computer.

• True

• False