OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) QUIZ

Information in a memory that is no longer valid or wanted is known as

garbage

non-volatile

surplus

None of these

volatile

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In which addressing mode, the address of the location of the operand is given explicitly as a part of the instruction.

immediate mode

None of these

index mode

modulus mode

absolute mode

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

Processes

Tasks

Event

Interrupt

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Which of the following is not applications software?

None of these

Word processing

UNIX

Spreadsheet

Desktop publishing

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Which of the following is a program group?

Accessories

None of these

Paint brush

Word pad

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Which operating system can you give smallest file name ?

Dos

Windows NT

Windows

Ps/2

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Which of the following can be accesses by transfer vector approach of linking?

Data located in other procedures

External data segments

None of these

All of these

External subroutines

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You should choose this mode if you don't know how long you won't use your computer but want to have the same desktop state when you resume

Hibernate

Shut Down

Sleep

Restart

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When was MS Windows operating system introduced?

2000

1975

1985

1995

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Thrashing can be avoided if

All of these

None of these

the speed of I/O processor is increased

the speed of CPU is increased

the pages, belonging to the working set of the programs, are in main memory

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