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Operating system

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most used operating system in the world?

a)

Linux

b)

MacOS

c)

Windows

d)

Ubuntu

2.

1. What is an operating system?

a)

a) interface between the hardware and application programs

b)

b) collection of programs that manages hardware resources

c)

c) system service provider to the application programs

d)

d) all of the mentioned

3.

1. What is an operating system?

a)

a) interface between the hardware and application programs

b)

b) collection of programs that manages hardware resources

c)

c) system service provider to the application programs

d)

d) all of the mentioned

4.

2. What is the main function of the command interpreter?

a)

a) to provide the interface between the API and application program

b)

b) to handle the files in the operating system

c)

c) to get and execute the next user-specified command

d)

d) none of the mentioned

5.

3. To access the services of the operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________

a)

a) Library

b)

b) System calls

c)

c) Assembly instructions

d)

d) API

6.

4.  Where is the interrupt in operating system?

a)

a) either low or high memory (depending on the location of interrupt vector)

b)

b) in the low memory

c)

c) in the high memory

d)

d) none of the mentioned

7.

5. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?

a)

a) RTLinux

b)

b) Palm OS

c)

c) QNX

d)

d) VxWorks

8.

6. In a timeshare operating system, when the time slot assigned to a process is completed, the process switches from the current state to?

a)

a) Suspended state

b)

b) Terminated state

c)

c) Ready state

d)

d) Blocked state

9.

7. For an effective operating system, when to check for deadlock?

a)

a) every time a resource request is made at fixed time intervals

b)

b) at fixed time intervals

c)

c) every time a resource request is made

d)

d) none of the mentioned

10.

8. To recover from failures in the network operations _____________ information may be maintained.

a)

a) operating system

b)

b) ip address

c)

c) stateless

d)

d) state

11.

9 The two steps the operating system takes to use a disk to hold its files are _______ and ________

a)

a) caching & logical formatting

b)

b) logical formatting & swap space creation

c)

c) swap space creation & caching

d)

d) partitioning & logical formatting

12.

10 In Unix, which system call creates the new process?

a)

a) create

b)

b) fork

c)

c) new

d)

d) none of the mentioned

13.

1) What is the use of directory structure in the operating system?

a)

The directory structure is used to solve the problem of the network connection in OS.

b)

It is used to store folders and files hierarchically.

c)

It is used to store the program in file format.

d)

All of the these

14.

What is a program?

a)

a line of instruction

b)

a list of instructions

c)

a computer

15.

Where does the taskbar appear by default?

a)

on top of Windows Desktop

b)

at the bottom of Windows Desktop

c)

at the sides of Windows Desktop

16.

What manages the hardware and runs the software?

a)

Computer Systems

b)

Dedicated Systems

c)

Embedding Systems

d)

Operating Systems

17.

What is a good definition of software?

a)

parts of a computer that are soft

b)

Parts of a computer that you can't see

c)

A set of rules that tell a computer what to do

d)

games

18.
Which of the following is the process of starting or restarting a computer or mobile device?
a)
Booting
b)
Lauching 
c)
Loading
d)
Keying
19.

Earlier computer systems utilized Command Line Interface to tell a computer what to do, which interface does the computer utilize now?

a)

Command Line Interface

b)

Touch User Interface

c)

Natural Language Interface

d)

Graphical User Interface

20.

What is accessibility?

a)

Changing how a system looks

b)

Changing the brightness of the computer

c)

Allowing as many people to access computers and technology

d)

Changing the graphics and monitor to handle your screen