Quiz-1

1.     What is an operating system?

• A collection of hardware components

• A software that manages computer resources and provides services to applications

• A graphical user interface (GUI) for interacting with a computer

• A network of interconnected computers

Which of the following is NOT an example of an operating system?

• Windows

• MacOS

• Linux

• Microsoft Office

Embedded computers typically run on a ____ operating system?

• real-time

• Windows XP

• network

• clustered

What does the term “Multi-tasking” refer to in the context of Operating System?

• Upgrading the computer’s hardware components

• Running multiple applications simultaneously

• Managing multiple hard drives in a computer

• Connecting multiple computers in a network

“BIOS” stands for:

• Backup Integrated Operating System

• Basic Integrated Operating System

• Binary Input/Output System

• Basic Input/Output System

What is the process termination?

• The process of creating a new process

• The process of a process completing its execution

• The process of moving a process from main memory to disk

• The process of suspending a process temporarily

What is a system call in an operating system?

• A call made by a user-level application to request a specific service from the operating 

           system.

• A call made by the operating system to request additional resources from the hardware.

• A call made by a device driver to communicate with other devices in the system.

• A call made by the CPU to execute privileged instructions.

Logical extension of multiprogramming of operating system is

• batch system

• multi tasking

• multi processor

• both a and b

Multiprogramming of computer system increases

• memory

• storage

• CPU utilization

• cost

Multi processing systems of computer system are of

• 2types

•      3types

•   4types

• 5types