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WorksheetsBasics of OS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Operating systems
enables the programmer to draw a flow chart
provides a layer, user friendly interface
links a program with subroutine it references
all of these
Operating system is a collection of
Software routines
Input-output devices
Hardware components
All of these
Which of the following is not an operating system?
UNIX
MS-DOS
CP/M
PASCAL
The primarily takes care of the behind the scenes details and manages the hardware
Hard disk
Peripheral devices
Application software
Operating system
The capabilities of the operating system is to enable two or more than two programs to execute simultaneously in a single computer system by a single processor is
Multi-execution
Multi-programming
Multi-tasking
Multi-processing
Characteristics of an operating system is/are
Error recovery
Resource management
Memory management
All of the above
What is an operating system?
collection of programs that manages hardware resources
system service provider to the application programs
interface between the hardware and application programs
all of the mentioned
To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________
System calls
API
Library
Assembly instructions
Which one of the following is not true?
kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system
kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting
kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system
kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session
Which one of the following error will be handle by the operating system?
power failure
lack of paper in printer
connection failure in the network
all of the mentioned
Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?
VxWorks
QNX
RTLinux
Palm OS
The first UNIX operating system was written in
Java
Pascal
Programming C
Machine language
DOS stands for
Disk Operating Signal
Disk Operating System
Disk Orientation System
Disk Orientaional Signal
Which of the following extension refers to System files?
.PRG
.EXE
.COM
.SYS
Which of the following is an example of operating system?
MS Word
MS DOS
MS Excel
MS Access
Which is used to keep track of information, its location and status?
Memory Management
Device Management
Storage Management
Both a and b
________ is the operating system that reads and reacts in terms of actual time.
Time sharing system
Real time system
Batch system
Quick response system
What is called the starting up on operating system?
Formatting
Booting
Starting
Entering
Which command creates a directory or sub directory?
Dir
Md
Mkdir
Both b and c
The operating system is the most common type of ______ software.
Application
Communication
word processing
System
