Surprise Test on Operating Systems

1. What is operating system?

a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
b) system service provider to the application programs
c) link to interface the hardware and application programs
d) all of the mentioned
1 point
2. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?
a) VxWorks
b) Palm OS
c) Windows CE
d) RTLinux
1 point
3. _______________ Operating System does not implement multitasking.
a) Windows XP
b) MS DOS
c) Windows 98
d) Windows NT
1 point
4. A platform for other software to run on is called
a) Operating System
b) System Software
c) Application Software
d) All
1 point
5. Operating system manages
a) Memory
b) Processor
c) I/O Devices
d) All of the above
1 point
6. Which of the following is not an OS?
a) Android
b) Unix
c) Fedora
d) Bootstrap
1 point
7. Example of an open source operating system is
a) UNIX
b) Linux
c) Windows
d) Both a and b
1 point
8. Main memory of computer system is known to be
a) Non-volatile
b) Volatile
c) Reserved
d) Restricted
1 point
9. What is the relationship between operating systems and computer hardware?
a) Operating system monitors the necessary power supply of the computer hardware.
b) Operating system helps to make computer hardware available to the application programs.
c) Operating system works independently without any interactions with computer hardware.
d) None of the above.
1 point
10. Which of the following device does NOT require any OS?
a) Smartwatch
b) Router
c) Solid State Drive
d) Gaming Consoles
1 point
11. Which of the following OS does NOT have any GUI (Graphics User Interface)?
a) Windows 7
b) Ubuntu
c) DOS
d) MacOS
12. Which of the following is NOT true for Bootstrap program?
(A) Invoked at power-up or reboot
(B) Resides in ROM/EPROM
(C) Performs system initialization
(D) Performs user management
1 point
13. System calls are executed in
(A) User mode
(B) Kernel mode
(C) Both user and kernel mode
(D) None of the other options
1 point
14. Which of the following is true as one proceeds higher up in the storage hierarchy?
(A) Capacity decreases, Speed increases
(B) Capacity increases, Speed decreases
(C) Capacity increases, Speed increases
(D) Capacity decreases, Speed decreases
1 point
15. Single user computers
(A) Can be used by one user at a time
(B) Designed for ease of use
(C) Optimized for good performance
(D) All of the other options
1 point
16. Resource utilization optimization is a goal for
(A) Single user systems
(B) Multi user systems
(C) Both single and multi user systems
(D) None of the other options
1 point
17. From the point of view of the computer, its operating system is
(A) Resource allocator
(B) Control program
(C) Both resource allocator and control program
(D) Neither resource allocator nor control program
1 point
18. The first process in Unix is
(A) init
(B) boot
(C) start
(D) None of the other options
1 point
19. System calls are invoked via
(A) Call to procedure
(B) Software interrupt
(C) Hardware interrupts
(D) None of the other options
1 point
20. Interrupt vector contains
(A) List of interrupts available in the system
(B) List of interrupts occurred at a point
(C) Address of interrupt service routine
(D) Return address on occurrence of interrupt
1 point
21. Size of a “word” in a computer system is
(A) 8 bits
(B) 16 bits
(C) 32 bits
(D) Dependent on the system
1 point
22. Direct memory access transfers data between
(A) CPU and main memory
(B) CPU and secondary memory
(C) Main and secondary memory
(D) None of the other options
1 point
23. Between L1 and L2 cache, which one is private to the CPU core?
(A) L1
(B) L2
(C) Both L1 and L2
(D) Neither L1 nor L2
1 point
24. Device drivers for devices are generally develoed by the
(A) OS designers
(B) Device manufacturers
(C) System programmers
(D) Application programmers
1 point
25. Which of the following acts as cache for the secondary storage
(A) L1 cache
(B) L2 cache
(C) Main memory
(D) Tertiary memory
1 point
26. Handheld computer systems are optimized for
(A) Computations
(B) Battery life
(C) Resource utilization
(D) None of the other options