OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) QUIZ

The Basic Input output system (BIOS) resides in

The CPU

ROM

RAM

Memory cache

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A hardware device that is capable of executing a sequence of instructions, is known as

ALU

CPU

CU

Processor

None of these

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A ____ is a named location on a disk where files are stored

Version

Folder

None of the listed here

Pod

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Which is not a valid file system ?

FAT 16

FXZ

NTFS

FAT 32

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All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT

This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file

Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive

Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory

The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change

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Page stealing

Should be the turning goal

Is a sign of an efficient system

Is taking page frame from other working sets

Is taking layer disk space for page in page out

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

Source drive

Hyperlink

None of these

Menu

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A ..... allows you to write on screen with a digital pen and convert that writing into characters that the PC can process

Media Center

Database manager

Tablet PC

Monitor RS

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Which of the following is a phase of a compilation process

Code generation

Lexical analysis

Both of the above

None of these

Static analysis

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Which of the following is a disk compression tool?

Defragmenter

Drive space

Scan disk

None of these

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