OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) QUIZ

Which of the following is a type of systems software used on microcomputers?

PC-DOS

All of these

None of these

Unix

MS-DOS

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Which of the following are(is) Language Processor(s)

interpreters

All of these

None of these

assembles

compilers

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What scheduling algorithm allows processes that are logical runnable to be temporarily suspended?

FIFO

None of these

non-preemptive scheduling

FCFS

preemptive scheduling

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In MS-DOS, relocatable object files and load modules have extensions

None of these

.OBJ and .COM or .EXE, respectively

.DAS and .EXE, respectively

.COM and .OBJ, respectively

.EXE and .OBJ, respectively

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Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?

Windows

Linux

DOS

Unix

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Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as

Menu

Hyperlink

Source drive

None of these

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Thrashing can be avoided if

the speed of CPU is increased

None of these

the speed of I/O processor is increased

All of these

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

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Which of the following software types is used to simplify using systems software?

multitasking

operating environment

None of these

spreadsheet

timesharing

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Anything you cut or copy on to the clipboard remains there until you

Clear

Exit windows

Change it

All of these

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The strategy of allowing processes that are logically runnable to be temporarily suspended is called

None of these

first come first served

non preemptive scheduling

shortest job first

preemptive scheduling

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