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Operating System : Part 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system?

a)

LINUX

b)

Windows 10

c)

Process control

d)

UNIX

2.

Which of the following operating system does not implement multitasking

a)

Windows NT

b)

Windows 98

c)

MS DOS

d)

Windows 10

3.

Which of the following is not and Operating System?

a)

Linux

b)

Windows

c)

MS-DOS

d)

Oracle

4.

The main purpose of an OS is

a)

To allow people to use computer

b)

To make computer easier to use

c)

To complete tasks

d)

To make the most efficient use of the computer resources

5.

Which of the operating system, reads and reacts in actual time?

a)

Quick response system

b)

Batch processing system

c)

Time sharing system

d)

Real time system

6.

What is dispatch latency

a)

The time taken to complete a task

b)

The time taken to write a file to the disk

c)

The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

d)

The time taken to complete a process until terminate.

7.

_____ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on

a)

Application system

b)

Operating system

8.

User action such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to as

a)

Task

b)

Interrupt

c)

Processes

d)

Event

9.

Virtual memory typically located on

a)

RAM

b)

Hard drive

c)

ROM

d)

USB drive

10.

First-In-First-Out Scheduling is

a)

Deadline Scheduling

b)

Preemptive Scheduling

c)

Fair-share Scheduling

d)

Non Preemptive Scheduling

11.

Which of the following resources must be protected by the CPU?

a)

I/O

b)

Memory

c)

CPU

d)

All of the above

12.

A program in execution is called

a)

Process

b)

Demand Paging

c)

Virtual Memory

13.

Round Robin Scheduling

a)

give each task same chance at the processor

b)

allows processor bound tasks more time in the processor

c)

Complex scheduling to implement

d)

allows interactive task quicker access to the processor

14.

Which of the following is not a Process control block element?

a)

Process Number

b)

Process Status

c)

I/O Status Information

d)

Program name

15.

Which is not an advantage of lightweight processes?

a)

Simplified communication

b)

Faster construction and destroy

c)

Higher memory overheads

d)

Easier to write and maintain