1.

Single-mode shell runs as

a) Admin user
b) log user
c) single user
d) root user

Answer is d
2. initrd is a file of Linux;
a) Containing root file-system necessary during startup
b) Contains only scripts for running during startup
c) both a b
d)None of these

View Answer d
3. when the system is booted, then which of the following is loaded in
memory?
a) shell
b) scripts
c) kernel
d) commands

View Answer c
4. The reason for starting up a computer called
a) Bootstrapping
b) Booting
c) Boot loading
d) Boot record

View Answer a
5.the another name of Bootstrapping
a) cold boot
b) quick boot
c) Hot boot
d) slow boot

View Answer a
6.for Single user mode shell used is:
a) bsh
b) sh
c) csh
d) ksh
View Answer b
7. not a suitable run-level
a) S
b) 8
c) 1
d) 0

Answer b
8. Which one is partition mounted in Single user mode
a) boot
b) tmp
c) root
d) usr

View Answer c
9. Which daemon manages the physical memory when another physical memory
is required.
a) process daemon
b) init daemon
c) swap daemon
d) sched daemon

View Answer c
10. which function is started at the end of kernel bootstrap?
a) /etc/kernel
b) /etc/init
c) /etc/user
d) /etc/swap

Answer b
11. init process id is:
a) -1
b) 4
c) 2
d) 1

Answer a
12. To get the default run level, which function is read by init
a) /etc/kernel
b) /etc/boot
c) /etc/init
d) /etc/inittab

View Answer d

13. What is interprocess communication?

 A. communication within the process

 B. communication between two process

 C. communication between two threads of same process

 D. none of the mentioned

Answer: Option B

14.This is dynamically allocated memory to a process during its run

time.
A. Heap
B. Stack
C. Queue
D. Data
View Answer
Ans : A

Explanation: In a simplified layout of a process inside main memory Heap : This is

dynamically allocated memory to a process during its run time.

15.This section contains the global and static variables.

A. Heap
B. Stack
C. Data
D. Text
View Answer
Ans : C

Explanation: In a simplified layout of a process inside main memory Data : This section
contains the global and static variables.

16.How many state are there in Process Life Cycle?

A. 4
B. 5
 C. 6
D. 7
View Answer
Ans : B

Explanation: In general, a process can have one of the following five states at a time : Start,
Ready, Running, Waiting, Terminated.

17. What is the maximum length of the filename in DOS?

a. 4
b. 5
c. 8
d. 12

Answer: (c) 8

Explanation: The maximum length of the filename is 8 characters in the DOS operating
system. It is commonly known as an 8.3 filename.

18. What is the full name of FAT?

a. File attribute table

b. File allocation table
c. Font attribute table
d. Format allocation table

Answer: (b) File allocation table.

19. What is the mean of the Booting in the operating system?

a. Restarting computer
b. Install the program
c. To scan
d. To turn off
Answer: (a) Restarting computer

20.What is bootstrapping called?

a. Cold boot
b. Cold hot boot
c. Cold hot strap
d. Hot boot

Answer: (a) Cold boot

21.Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock?

a. Mutual exclusion
b. Hold and wait
c. Circular wait
d. No preemption
e. All of these

Answer: (e) All of these

22. Where are placed the list of processes that are prepared to be executed and waiting?

a. Job queue
b. Ready queue
c. Execution queue
d. Process queue

Answer: (b) Ready queue

Which of the following does not interrupt the running process?

a. Timer interrupt
b. Device
c. Power failure
d. Scheduler process

Answer: (b) Scheduler process

23.What type of commands are required to perform various tasks in DOS?

a. Internal commands
b. External commands
c. Valuable commands
d. Primary commands

Answer: (b) External commands

24.Which command is used to fetch a group (.doc) of files that have just been deleted?

a. Undelete
b. Undelete/all
c. Undelete *.doc
d. All of above

Answer: (c) Undelete *.doc