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Operating System BCA quiz 1

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a condition for deadlock?

a)

Mutual exclusion

b)

Hold and wait

c)

Preemption

d)

Circular wait

2.

The operating system is a type of

a)

system software

b)

general purpose software

c)

utility software

d)

application software

3.

Which is not in the PCB

a)

Process state

b)

resources needed

c)

program counter

d)

processor size

4.

Which is not a process state?

a)

waiting

b)

terminated

c)

blocked

d)

redirected

5.

Preemption means

a)

process can be paused by system

b)

process cannot be halted once execution begins

c)

process has high priority

d)

process is short

6.
Which of the following is not a resource managed by the OS?
a)
CPU
b)
Cache
c)
Graphics Processor
d)
Data
7.
Allocating time on the processor to individual processes is known as...
a)
CPU Scheduling
b)
CPU Timing
c)
CPU Clocking
d)
CPU Sorting
8.

Only the process executing the critical section is allowed access to the shared variable,all other processes should prevented from doing so until the completion of the critical section. This is often referred to as-

a)

Mutual exclusion

b)

semaphores

c)

Deadlock

d)

Interprocess communication

9.

Banker’s algorithm is used as-

a)

Deadlock occurrence method

b)

Deadlock avoidance method

c)

Deadlock detection method

d)

Deadlock recovery method

10.
Keeping track of the location of processes in memory and allocating space to new processes is known as...
a)
Memory Management
b)
Process Management
c)
Memory Scheduling
d)
Process Scheduling
11.

Which of the following statements are true? (GATE 2010)

I. Shortest remaining time first scheduling may cause starvation

II. Preemptive scheduling may cause starvation

III. Round robin is better than FCFS in terms of response time

a)

I only

b)

I and III only

c)

II and III only

d)

I, II and III