Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 8th Edition Test Key Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – Computer Systems Overview

Answer Key

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:

1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. T
9. T
10. F
11. T
12. F
13. T
14. F
15. T

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. A
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D
14. D
15. B
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. microprocessor
2. System on a Chip (SoC)
3. instruction
4. Instruction Register (IR)
5. interrupt request
6. cache
7. secondary memory
8. mapping function
9. symmetric
10. multicore
11. Program Counter (PC)
12. binary number
13. stack pointer
14. user-visible registers
15. multiprogramming