SRMS CET&R

MCQ QUESTIONS (Unit 5)

Even Semester (2020-21)

OPERATING SYSTEM (KCS-401)
B.TECH-CS IV SEM

Q1 In memory-mapped I/O ____________

A. The I/O devices and the memory share the same address space
B. The I/O devices have a separate address space
C. The memory and I/O devices have an associated address space
D. A part of the memory is specifically set aside for the I/O operation

Q2 The key feature of the PCI BUS is _________

A. Low cost connectivity
B. Plug and Play capability
C. Expansion of Bandwidth
D. None of the mentioned

Q3 Pooling is
A. Collection of process
B. Collection of resource
C. Both of the above
D. None of these

Q4 The DMA transfers are performed by a control circuit called as __________

A. Device interface
B. DMA controller
C. Data controller
D. Overlooker

Q5  The DMA controller has _______ registers.

A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 1

Q6 …………….. may be inadequate if the process performs rapid bursts of I/O.

A. Double buffering
B. Single buffering
C. Linear buffering
D. Circular buffering

Q7 ………….. would only be an effective choice in a environment in which many disk errors occur.
A. RAID Level 0
B. RAID Level 1
C. RAID Level 2
 D. RAID Level 3

Q8 In ………………. policy, when the last track has been visited in one direction, the arm is
returned to the opposite end of the disk and the scan begins again.
A. Last in first out
B. Shortest service time first
C. SCAN
D. Circular SCAN

Q9 The time disk controller takes for the beginning of  the sector to reach the head is known as
……………..
A.  Seek time
B. Rotational delay
C. Access time
D. Transfer time

Q 10 Each platter in the magnetic disk has …………….. surfaces

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Q 11 By using the specific system call, we can ____________

A. Open the file
B. Read the file
C. Write into the file
D. All of the above

Q 12 Types of file are ……………….

A. Text file
B. Source file
C. Executable file
D. All of the above

Q 13 File attribute consist of ……………

A. Name
B. Type
C. Identifier
D. All of the above

Q 14 File type can be represented by ____________

A. File name
B. File extension
C. File identifier
D. None of the mentioned

Q 15 The information about all files is kept in ____________

A. swap space
B. operating system
 C. seperate directory structure
D. none of the mentioned

Q 16 What will happen in the single level directory?

A. all directories must have unique names
B. all files must have unique names
C. all files must have unique owners
D. all of the mentioned

Q 17 What is the disadvantage of the two level directory structure?

A. it does not solve the name collision problem
B. it solves the name collision problem
C. it does not isolate users from one another
D. it isolates users from one another

Q 18 In a tree structure, when deleting a directory that is not empty?

A. The contents of the directory are safe
B. The contents of the directory are also deleted
C. contents of the directory are not deleted
D. none of the mentioned

Q 19 A tree structure ______ the sharing of files and directories.

A. Allows
B. May restrict
C. Restricts
D. None of the above

Q 20 In distributed file system ________________ directories are visible from the local
machine.
A. protected
B. local
C. private
D. remote

Q 21 What is a circular buffer

A. writes to the end of its space and then continues at the beginning
B. overwrites older values as it goes
C. all of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned

Q 22 A file control block contains the information about ____________

A. file ownership
B. file permissions
C. location of file contents
D. all of the mentioned

Q 23 The data structure used for file directory is called ____________

A. mount table
B. hash table
C. file table
 D. process table

Q 24 What is raw disk?

A. disk without file system
B. empty disk
C. disk lacking logical file system
D. disk having file system

Q 25 When an entire committed transaction is completed, ___________

A. it is stored in the memory
B. it is removed from the log file
C. it is redone
D. none of the mentioned

Answer Keys -

Q1 A

Q2 B

Q3 B

Q4 B

Q5 C

Q6 A

Q7 C

Q8 D

Q9 B

Q 10 B

Q 11 D

Q 12 D

Q 13 D

Q 14 B

Q 15 C

Q 16 B

Q 17 D
Q 18 B

Q 19 C

Q 20 D

Q 21 A

Q 22 D

Q 23 B

Q 24 A

Q 25 B