Basics Of Operating Systems And Computer Languages For Job Test Preparation

1 - A program that reads each of the instructions in mnemonic form and translates it into the machine-language equivalent.





Assembler

2 - A technique that allows more than one program to be ready for execution and provides the ability to switch from one process to another.





multiprogramming

3 - A text file that contains our program is called as __________





Source file

4 - Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire partition. This is called ____________





internal fragmentation

5 - Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire partition. This is called _____________





internal fragmentation

6 - Both client and server release _________ connection after a page has been transferred.





TCP

7 - COW stands for?





Copy over write

8 - Executables might be called ________





native code

9 - is supported by MS. Net platform. JAVA was originally designed for web purposes.





Which of the following isnt a characteristic of High level languages?

10 - Memory organization in which users write programs in modules with different characteristics.





Logical

11 - This cycle, of going through __________ states of running and input/output, may be repeated over and over until the job is completed.





process

12 - Which is not a data type in COBOL?





float

13 - Which of the following is not a part of the Identification division?





Phrases

14 - Which of the following is not a part of the usage information?





owner

15 - Which of the following is not an appropriate criterion for file organisation?





Larger access time

16 - ...... controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer





The operating system

17 - ...... is a new windows feature that offers a number of methods for searching for a file or folder?





Find

18 - ...... runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on





Operating system

19 - ...... system is built directly on the hardware





Operating

20 - ...... transforms one interface into other interface





Software

21 - ....... are list of commands that appear on the screen





Menus

22 - ....... are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or electric thermostat





Embedded computer

23 - ....... is an intermediate storage for deleted files





Recycle bin

24 - ....... is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program





Operating system

25 - ....... show characteristics with both hardware and software





Operating system

26 - ........ interface consists of thing like program counter, register, interrupts and terminal





Hardware

27 - ___ is a compromise mode between Shut Down and Sleep mode because it does not consume power and remembers the current state of your desktop





Hibernate

28 - ____ is the operating systems File and folder Manager





Windows Explorer

29 - ______ is most often done after fixing a problem, adding a new program or making configuration change





Restart

30 - _______ searches for smallest block. The fragment left behind is small as possible.





best fit

31 - __________ is used to shift processes so they are contiguous and all free memory is in one block.





Compaction

32 - ___________ itself is a file owned by the operating system





Directory

33 - ____________ is one or more physically contiguous pages.





Slab

34 - _____________ denotes the format in which data is stored in memory.





usage

35 - _______________ is the assembly language for an imaginary architecture.





Byte code

36 - __________________ refers to the logical structuring of records.





File organisation

37 - A program that can execute high-level language programs.





Interpreter

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





Tablet PC

39 - A ..... is a flash memory storage device that plugins into a USB port





USB flash drive

40 - A ..... is a windows component that is designed to store other components so these can be organized efficiently?





Folder

41 - A ...... is a set of computer instructions that carry out a task on the computer





Program

42 - A ....... is a named location on a disk where files are stored





Folder

43 - A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is





Task bar

44 - A base register table





is used to remember which of the general-purpose registers are currently available as base registers, and what base addresses they contain.

45 - A basic element of data in a file.





Field

46 - A Borland Turbo Assembler.





tasm

47 - A character that represents one or more unknown character is





Wildcard character

48 - A compiler for a high-level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine is called





cross compiler

49 - A co-processor





Is relatively easy to support in software

50 - A critical region is





one which is enclosed by a pair of P and V operations on semaphores

51 - A development strategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as





Top-down development

52 - A direct reference of specific location.





Absolute Address

53 - A disk scheduling algorithm in an operating system causes the disk arm to move back and forth across the disk surface in order to service all requests in its path. This is a





Scan

54 - A document that specifies how many times and with what data the program must be run in order to thoroughly test it.





test plan

55 - A file organization component of a VSAM file is:





all of the above

56 - A form of code that uses more than one process and processor, possibly of different type, and that may on occasions have more than one process or processor active at the same time, is known as





multithreading

57 - A Fortran is not ___________





Case Sensitive

58 - A graphical user interface displays





Both of Above

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





Processor

60 - A language supported by MS. Net platform.





C-Sharp

61 - A linker





creates a load module

62 - A method that must be overridden while extending threads.





run()

63 - A method used to force one thread to wait for another thread to finish.





join()

64 - A method used to temporarily release time for other threads.





yield()

65 - A Microsoft Windows is a(n)





Operating system

66 - A page fault occurs when





the page is not found in the memory

67 - A partitioned data set is most used for





a program or source library

68 - A process is busy swapping pages in and out.





Thrashing

69 - A process selects a replacement frame from the set of all frames.





Global replacement

70 - A Processor





is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.

71 - A program





is a sequence of instructions

72 - A program that converts a high-level language program to a set of instructions that can run on a computer is called a





Compiler

73 - A program that reads the source code and converts it to a form usable by the computer.





Compiler

74 - A public key encryption system





allows only the correct receiver to decode the data

75 - A real time operating system is most likely to be used for which of the following task?





Controlling the fuel injection system of an automobile engines

76 - A relationship between processes such that each has some part (critical section) which must not be executed while the critical section of another is being executed, is known as





mutual exclusion

77 - A relocate program form is one which





consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation.

78 - A self-relocating program is one which





can itself performs the relocation of its address-sensitive portions.

79 - A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as





Program

80 - A set of overlapping divisions in the main memory are called _______





Partitions

81 - A single sequential flow of control within a program is ________





Thread

82 - A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is





System tray

83 - A spooler is a





Program that coordinates the print job that are waiting to process

84 - A task carried out by the OS and hardware to accommodate multiple processes in main memory.





Memory management

85 - A task in a blocked state





is waiting for same temporarily unavailable resources

86 - A thread becomes non runnable when?





Its sleep method is invoked

87 - A tiny dot of light on the monitor is called





Pixel

88 - A translator is best described as





a system software

89 - A translator which reads an entire programme written in a high level language and converts it into machine language code is:





compiler

90 - A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be





User-friendly

91 - A utility that can be used to minimize the number of fragmented files and enhance the speed





Defrag

92 - A valid variable declaration in FORTRAN is __________





real :: Celsius

93 - Access time is the highest in the case of





magnetic disk

94 - Addressing modes





are variations in the use of fundamental addressing structures, or some associated actions which are related to addressing.

95 - Advantage(s) of using assembly language rather than machine language is (are):





all of the above

96 - All of the following are task performed by the operating system except





Performing housekeeping task like file compression and disk defragmentation

97 - All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT





Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory

98 - All the time a computer is switched on, its operating system software has to stay in





primary storage

99 - Allocated size of a file comes under?





address information

100 - An allocation that uses a proportional allocation scheme using priorities rather than size.





Priority allocation

101 - An approach that designs test cases by looking at the allowable data values.





Data coverage

102 - An approach that designs test cases by looking at the allowable data values.





Data coverage

103 - An embedded object might appear in a document as





Embedding

104 - An executing process must be loaded entirely in main memory. What kind of a memory organization is this?





Simple

105 - An HTML file is a text file containing small markup tags.





TRUE

106 - An incremental backup





saves only files that have recently changed

107 - An instruction in a programming language that is replaced by a sequence of instructions prior to assembly or compiling is known as





macro

108 - An interface that is implemented while using threads.





java.lang.Runnable

109 - An operating system is a program or a group of programs that





Manages the resources of the Computer

110 - An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP





Media center edition

111 - An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP





Tablet PC edition

112 - Another name for white-box testing is ___________





Glassbox

113 - Any files deleted in Windows goes into





Recycle bin

114 - Anything you cut or copy on to the clipboard remains there until you





Exit windows

115 - Assembler is





a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine language.

116 - Assembler language





is a mnemonic form of machine language

117 - Assembly Language requires less memory and execution time.





TRUE

118 - Backups should be done





as several incrementals, followed by an image copy

119 - Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with





deadlock avoidance

120 - Block caches or buffer caches are used





to improve disk performance

121 - Block or buffer caches are used





to improve disk performance

122 - Booting means





Restarting computer

123 - Bringing a page into memory only when it is needed, this mechanism is called





Demand Paging

124 - By default we can save the file in





My document

125 - CAD software is most likely to be used by





Engineers

126 - Can you name of the major Operating System used in computers?





All of the above

127 - Capacity planning





is independent of the operating system

128 - Category of software that comprises word processing, graphics, databases etc.





Application

129 - COBOL is a language that keeps evolving.





TRUE

130 - COBOL stands for _________





Common Business Oriented Language

131 - Comment in COBOL is denoted by ________





*

132 - Copying a process from memory to disk to allow space for other processes is Called





Swapping

133 - D in COBOL stands for _________





Debugging lines

134 - Daisy chain is a device for





connecting a number of devices to a controller

135 - Data encryption





is mostly used by financial networks

136 - Desktop is a





Provides work space

137 - Dial up connection allows you to





Connect ISP

138 - Directory is similar to ......





Folder

139 - Disk label name can be up to ...... characters





11

140 - Driver is





Hardware controller

141 - During the boot process, the ..... looks for the system file





BIOS

142 - Each byte of character is stored as its ASCII value in _______





Hexadecimal

143 - Each personal computer has a _________ that manages the computers arithmetical, logical and control activities.





Microprocessor

144 - Feed back queue





dispatch tasks according to execution characteristics

145 - File record length





should be chosen to match the data characteristics

146 - Find can be used to





All of above

147 - First statement in a fortran code is _________





program statement

148 - First-in-First-Out (FIFO) scheduling is





Non Preemptive Scheduling

149 - Font folder is located on





Control Panel folder

150 - Fonts install from





All of above

151 - For how many processes which are sharing common data, the Dekker's algorithm implements mutual exclusion?





2

152 - For Windows 10, Microsoft released _________ in place of MS Paint.





Paint 3D

153 - Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and





hold and wait

154 - From where do you change mouse setting?





Control panel >> mouse

155 - FTP stands for?





File Transfer Protocol

156 - Generally quick launch toolbar is displayed on





the left side of taskbar

157 - GUI means





Graphical user interface

158 - How can you optimize performance of your computer?





All of above

159 - How do you connect internet in your system?





My computer >> dialup networking

160 - IBM released its first PC in 1981. Can you name the operating system which was most popular at that time?





CP/M

161 - Identify false statement





You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin

162 - If special forms are needed for printing the output, the programmer specifies these forms through?





JCL

163 - If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset it using





Control panel

164 - If the number of bits in a virtual address of a program is 16 and the page size is 0.5 K bytes, the number of pages in the virtual address space is





128

165 - If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk





You can set different size for each recycle bin

166 - If you do not know which version of MS-DOS you are working with, which command will you use after having booted your operating system?





VER command

167 - If you hard disk is partitioned into 3 drives, the number of recycle bin for that hard disk is





3

168 - If you want to execute more than one program at a time, the systems software you are using must be capable of:





multitasking

169 - In a folder, which of the following key is used to rename the file or folder





F2

170 - In a magnetic disk, data is recorded in a set of concentric tracks which are subdivided into





sectors

171 - In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by assembler.





Reallocation

172 - In an absolute loading scheme, which loader function is accomplished by the loader





Loading

173 - In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the description " creation of more optimal matrix " is associated with





Machine independent optimization

174 - In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the description " resolving symbolic address (labels) and generating machine language " is associated with





Assembly and output

175 - In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term " Machine independent optimization " is associated with





creation of more optional matrix

176 - In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term " Syntax analysis " is associated with





recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions

177 - In compiled language, the translation to machine-language is performed incrementally at run-time.





FALSE

178 - In DOS, the maximum length of filename is





8

179 - In FORTRAN, the declarations of variables can be modified using the _____ parameter.





kind

180 - In memory systems, boundary registers





track the beginning and ending of programs

181 - In Microsoft windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop used as background for windows is





Wall paper

182 - In MS-DOS, relocatable object files and load modules have extensions





.OBJ and .COM or .EXE, respectively

183 - In which addressing mode the operand is given explicitly in the instruction?





immediate mode

184 - In which addressing mode, the address of the location of the operand is given explicitly as a part of the instruction.





absolute mode

185 - In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of register?





index mode

186 - In which of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the largest available hole in the main memory?





worst fit

187 - In which of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the smallest available hole in the main memory?





best fit

188 - In which type of the following OS, the response time is very crucial.





Real Time Operating System

189 - In which way(s) a macro processor for assembly language can be implemented:





all of the above

190 - In Windows, start button is used to





All of above

191 - Indicate which is a pre-emptive scheduling algorithm





Round-robin

192 - Indicate which, of the following, in not true about an interpreter





Interpreter generates an object program from the source program

193 - Indicate which, of the following, is not true about Nassi-Shneiderman charts





These charts cannot represent CASE constructs

194 - Information in a memory that is no longer valid or wanted is known as





garbage

195 - Internet Explorer is





All of above

196 - It is the default folder for many Windows Applications to save your file





My Document

197 - It is used to explorer the contents of computer, drives as well as manage files





My Document

198 - Java extension used in threads?





java.lang.Thread

199 - Java is procedural programming.





FALSE

200 - JIT stands for?





Just in time

201 - Job Control Language (JCL) statements are used to





Specify, to the operating system, the beginning and end of a job in a batch

202 - JVM stands for?





Java virtual machine

203 - Link encryption





is less secure than end-to-end encryption

204 - Linux is a(n) ....... operating system





Open source

205 - Logical Address space can be larger than physical address space.





TRUE

206 - LRU stands for?





Least Recently used

207 - MS-Word comes under __________





Document production

208 - Multi programming systems ......





Execute more jobs in the same time period

209 - Multiprocessing allows single processor to run several concurrent threads.





TRUE

210 - Multiprogramming





allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time.

211 - Multiprogramming is mainly accomplished by:





os

212 - Multiprogramming systems:





execute more jobs in the same time period

213 - Multithreading is also called as ____________





Concurrency

214 - My Computer was introduced from





Windows 95

215 - Netscape navigator is a





Browser

216 - Non-modifiable procedures are called





reentrant procedures

217 - Object code





must be " loaded " before execution

218 - Object modules generated by assemblers that contain unresolved external references are resolved for two or more object modules by a/an





linker

219 - Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can ...... that text into another document





Paste

220 - Operating system





provides a layered, user-friendly interface

221 - Operating system is





A collection of software routines

222 - Operating system is a ......





System software

223 - Operating system is like a





Government

224 - Operating System manages





All of the above

225 - Page stealing





Is taking page frame from other working sets

226 - Page-map table is





Used for address translation

227 - Paging





is a method of memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is subdivided into equal portions or blocks.

228 - Part of a program where the shared memory is accessed and which should be executed invisibly is called





critical section

229 - Poor response time are usually caused by





Any of the above

230 - Poor response times are caused by





Any of the above

231 - Press ____ key while booting to display Advanced Boot Menu





F8

232 - Press the ..... button to have the window fill the entire screen





Maximize

233 - Processor wait ratio is given by ________





w=b/e-b

234 - Prolog comes under ___________





Logic Programming

235 - Recently deleted files are stored in





Recycle bin

236 - Recently used application file list appears in the Windows operating system





Documents menu

237 - Records are treated as a unit.





TRUE

238 - Relocation bits used by relocating loader are specified (generated) by





Linker

239 - Round-robin scheduling





gives each task the same chance at the processor

240 - Running multiple programs at the same time is called:





Multitasking

241 - Save operation means





Put data into secondary storage

242 - Scandisk





All of the above

243 - Scandisk analyze and repair damage to which of the following?





All of the above

244 - Scheduling is





allowing jobs to use the processor

245 - Scissoring enables





a part of data to be displayed

246 - Secondary memory is the long term store for programs and data while main memory holds program and data currently in use. What kind of an organization is this?





Physical

247 - Seeks analysis





is used for analyzing device busy problems

248 - Semaphores





synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock

249 - Separation of user logical memory and physical memory is ___________





Virtual memory

250 - Sleep is a good mode to use because





It saves power which in true is saving money

251 - Small pictures appear on the desktop





Icon

252 - Software that measures, monitors, analyzes, and controls real-world events is called:





real-time software

253 - Source program is compiled to an intermediate form called ___________





Byte Code

254 - Special software to create a job queue is called a





Spooler

255 - Start / restart the computer is called





Boot

256 - Swapping





allows each program in turn to use the memory

257 - System files allocated at





Boot area

258 - System maintenance:





is necessary on all systems, regardless of how good

259 - System programs such as Compilers are designed so that they are





reenterable

260 - Taskbar is used for





All of above

261 - Terminal Table





a permanent table which lists all key words and special symbols of the language in symbolic form.

262 - Test cases ensure that all the statements are executed atleast once.





TRUE

263 - The ..... displays the name of every computer user on the computer





Welcome screen

264 - The ...... program compresses large files into a smaller file





WinZip

265 - The ...... provides information about hardware installation, configuration and hardware status





Device manager

266 - The ....... contains commands associated with the My Computer window





System menu

267 - The ....... is a temporary storage area in memory where you can attach text or graphics information





Clipboard

268 - The ....... is the drive containing the files to be copied





Source drive

269 - The ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple program at the same time is called





Multitasking

270 - The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is known as





lexical analysis

271 - The advantage of a command processor running only built-in commands is:





the command set being common across different hardware configurations

272 - The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is (are)





All of the above

273 - The advantage(s) of incorporating the macro processor into pass 1 is(are):





all of the above

274 - The Banker's algorithm is used





to prevent deadlock

275 - The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in





ROM

276 - The box on ....... that allows you to choose where to go and is located below the standard toolbar





Address bar

277 - The category of operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is a ....... Operating system





Single user, single task

278 - The category of software most appropriate for controlling the design and layout of complex document like newsletters and brochure is:





Word processing

279 - The chunks of a memory are known as





Frame

280 - The command interpreter





is usually the primary user interface

281 - The component of Windows that lets you to transfer contents from one document to another





Clipboard

282 - The computational technique used to compute the disk storage address of individual records is called:





hashing

283 - The core of operating system is:





Kernel

284 - The CPU, after receiving an interrupt from an I/O device





branches off to the interrupt service routine after completion of the current instruction

285 - The data division is used to ________





Declare variables

286 - The data size of a word is _________





2-byte

287 - The date and time displays on





System tray

288 - The delimiter in a FORTRAN code.





Blank space

289 - The details of all external symbols and relocation formation (relocation list or map) is provided to linker by





Translator

290 - The disadvantages of " Compile and Go " loading scheme is (are):





all of the above

291 - The dispatcher





actually schedules the tasks into the processor

292 - The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are





Syntax errors

293 - The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that





Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows

294 - The file structure that redefines its first record at a base of zero uses the term:





relative organization

295 - The file system " NTFS " stands for





New Technology File System

296 - The following applications may appear on system tray except





MS Office Suite

297 - The formal grammar rules governing the construction of valid instruction.





syntax

298 - The function of Dir/W is





Show only file name and directory name

299 - The function(s) of file system is (are):





all of the above

300 - The function(s) of the Storage Assignment is (are)





all of the above

301 - The function(s) of the Syntax phase is(are)





to recognize the major constructs of the language and to call the appropriate action routines that will generate the intermediate form or matrix for these constructs.

302 - The function(s) performed by the paging software is (are)





All of the above

303 - The higher versions of the operating systems are so written that programs designed for earlier versions can still be run. What is it called?





Upward compatibility

304 - The instruction register





is a group of electrical circuits (hardware), that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory.

305 - The instructions that tell the assembler what to do.





Executable instructions

306 - The macro processor must perform





all of the above

307 - The main function of the dispatcher (the portion of the process scheduler) is





assigning ready process to the CPU

308 - The maximum size of a write file is limited to only





The amount of memory in your computer

309 - The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called





Conventional memory

310 - The most common security failure is





carelessness by users

311 - The most common systems security method is





passwords

312 - The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the ...... operating system





Unix

313 - The necessary conditions needed before deadlock can occur?





Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, No Preemption, Circular Wait

314 - The operating feature that integrates the file created in different application into WebPages





Web integration

315 - The operating system allows the user to organize the computer's contents in a hierarchical structure of directories that include all of the following except:





System

316 - The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer





Virtual computers

317 - The operating system is the most common type of ...... Software





System

318 - The Operating system manages





All of the above

319 - The operating system of a computer serves as a software interface between the user and





hardware

320 - The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a





Embedded OS

321 - The powerful text editor called PC-Write can be used by anybody by paying a small fee. Such programs are called





Shareware

322 - The practice of " bundling " refers to





giving away software with a computer purchase

323 - The Primary job of the operating system is





Manage Resources

324 - The primary job of the operating system of a computer is to





manage resources

325 - The primary purpose of an operating system is to:





make computer easier to use

326 - The primary purpose of an operating system is:





To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware

327 - The principles of structured programming forbid the use of





GOTO

328 - The problem of thrashing is affected significantly by:





program structure

329 - The problem with .... file is that they slow your computer's operation





Fragmented

330 - The process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a disk (or intermediate store) so that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk, is known as





spooling

331 - The program that is responsible for loading the operating system into RAM is called





Bootstrap program

332 - The purpose of run command in start menu is to





Start programs

333 - The question mark (?) indicates in file searching





A single character

334 - The rules that give meaning to the instructions.





Semantics

335 - The segment containing data values passed to functions and procedures within the program.





Stack

336 - The shortcut key to open a task manager is:





Alt + Ctrl + Delete

337 - The SJF algorithm executes first the job





with the least processor needs

338 - The state transition initiated by the user process itself in an operating system is





block

339 - The system/370 assembler language





allows the programmer to write base registers and displacements explicitly in the source program.

340 - The table created by lexical analysis to describe all literals used in the source program is





Literal table

341 - The technique that increases the systems productivity.





multiprogramming

342 - The technique, for sharing the time of a computer among several jobs. Which switches jobs so rapidly such that each job appears to have the computer to itself:





time sharing

343 - The term " operating system " means





a set of programs which controls computer working

344 - The term 'polling' in a computer means a process by which a computer system





inquires to see if a terminal has any transaction to send

345 - The title bar always displays on





Top of the open windows

346 - The total time to prepare a disk drive mechanism for a block of data to be read from it is





latency plus seek time

347 - The user can load and execute a program but cannot copy it. This process is?





Execution

348 - The virtual memory is





An illusion of extremely large main memory

349 - The wait fraction is represented by __________





w

350 - The windows feature is the ability of computer to automatically configure a new hardware component is that





Plug and play

351 - The working set theory of programming behaviour of processes running within an operating system involves





the collection of pages that a process accesses

352 - There are two basic structures in text documents.





TRUE

353 - To change the screen saver you can go from





Both of Above

354 - To change the volume label





Label

355 - To delete a file without allowing it to store in recycle bin





Press Shift + Delete key

356 - To display a shortcut menu for an object you use





Right click the object

357 - To display system boot menu which of the following key you must press?





F8

358 - To install the new font in window XP





Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font

359 - To locate the exact location of data in memory, we need the starting address of the segment, which is found in the DS register and an offset value. This offset value is also called?





Effective Address

360 - To prevent the addition and deletion of files on a disk or tape we use





Write protect

361 - To print documents from Windows





Both A and B

362 - To properly exit Windows





Select shut down from Start menu

363 - To save your computer from viruses you will do





Install antivirus software and run it

364 - To send email, we use





Outlook Explorer

365 - To speed up the processor operations, the processor includes some internal memory storage locations, called ___________





Registers

366 - Tree structure displays the





Directory only

367 - Two basic types of operating systems are:





batch and interactive

368 - Under multiprogramming, turnaround time for short jobs is usually _____ and that for long jobs is slightly _____.





shortened; lengthened

369 - Under virtual storage,





only the active pages of a program are stored in primary storage

370 - Underlined character on the menu or dialog box known as





Hot key

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





Hyperlink

372 - Unicode standard is





Character encoding system

373 - Uniform Symbols Table





consists of a full or partial list of the token's as they appear in the program. Created by Lexical analysis and used for syntax analysis and interpretation

374 - UNIX operating system is a(n)





All of the above

375 - Use of icons and windows are characteristics of ....... interface





Graphical user

376 - User action such as keystroke or mouse click are referred to as





Event

377 - Virtual Memory





consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during execution of a computation.

378 - Virtual Memory can be implemented via __________





Demand Paging

379 - Virtual memory is





used in all major commercial operating systems

380 - Virtual memory typically located on





Hard drive

381 - We can start the application from?





Run

382 - What are the two types of Semaphore?





Counting Semaphores and Binary Semaphores

383 - What do you mean by dialog box?





All of the above

384 - What do you mean by Memory Compaction?





Combine multiple small memory holes into one big hole

385 - What does -b represent in a processor wait ratio?





average I/O time

386 - What does Belady's Anomaly related to?





Page Replacement Algorithm

387 - What does FAT stands for?





File allocation table

388 - What does S denote in a picture clause?





A character

389 - What hole will allocates in " Worst-Fit " algorithm of memory management?





It allocates the largest hole from the available memory holes

390 - What is contained in the page table?





Base address of each frame and corresponding page number

391 - What is dispatch latency?





The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

392 - What is Dr. Watson?





Diagnosis tool

393 - What is the function of an operating system?





All of the above

394 - What is the function of folder?





All of the above

395 - What is the function of radio button?





To select single option

396 - What is the initial value of the semaphore to allow only one of the many processes to enter their critical section?





1

397 - What is the meaning of " Hibernate " in Windows XP/Windows 7?





Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications

398 - What is the method of handling deadlocks?





All of the Above

399 - What is the name given to all the programs inside the computer with makes it usable?





System software

400 - What is the name given to the process of initializing a microcomputer with its operating system?





Booting

401 - What is the name given to the software which can be legally compiled and often used for free?





Public domain program

402 - What is the name of the operating system that reads and reacts in terms of actual time.





Real time system

403 - What is the name of the operating system which was originally designed by scientists and engineers for use by scientists and engineers?





UNIX

404 - What is the name of the system which deals with the running of the actual computer and not with the programming problems?





Systems program

405 - What is the name of the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them?





Multitasking

406 - What problem is solved by Dijkstra's banker's algorithm?





deadlock avoidance

407 - What program runs first after computer is booted and loading GUI?





Authentication

408 - What scheduling algorithm allows processes that are logical runnable to be temporarily suspended?





preemptive scheduling

409 - When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader called





Bootstrap loader

410 - When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed, called a





Bootstrap loader

411 - When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)





Interrupt

412 - When access is granted to append or update a file to more than one user, the OS or file management system must enforce discipline. This is _________





Simultaneous access

413 - When we double click on my computer





Show the list of your computer drive

414 - When you cut or copy the text or picture, it stores temporarily in the





Clipboard

415 - When you open my computer on desktop you see the information of





All of the above

416 - When you rename a file five times then the number of file in the disk is





1

417 - When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called





Power on self test (POST)

418 - Whenever you move a directory from one location to another





Both A and B

419 - Where will store data first time when you copy





Clipboard

420 - Which are the most important features of Microsoft Windows program?





All of the above

421 - Which button might you find in a windows title bar?





All of the above

422 - Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?





Task bar

423 - Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?





Taskbar

424 - Which file is transferred when computer is start up?





System files

425 - Which file system DOS typically use?





FAT 16

426 - Which file system Windows 95 typically use?





FAT 32

427 - Which icon would you access in the printer window to install a printer drive?





Add printer wizard

428 - Which is a permanent database in the general model of the compiler?





Terminal Table

429 - Which is built directly on the hardware?





Operating System

430 - Which is interpreted language?





MATLAB

431 - Which is not a system tool?





Folder

432 - Which is not a valid file system?





FXZ

433 - Which is not an external command?





None of the above

434 - Which is not application software?





Windows NT

435 - Which is not concerned with control panel?





Run application

436 - Which is not external command?





Verify

437 - Which is not the function of the operating system?





Virus protection

438 - Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?





Operating system

439 - Which is the latest version of MS Windows?





Windows 10

440 - Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program





Operating system

441 - Which key deletes text before, or to the left, of the insertion point?





BackSpace

442 - Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?





None of above

443 - Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?





Safe Mode

444 - Which of following is/are the advantage(s) of modular programming?





The program is much easier to change

445 - Which of the following appear in Windows menu bar?





All of above

446 - Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?





All of above

447 - Which of the following can be accesses by transfer vector approach of linking?





External subroutines

448 - Which of the following capabilities is required for a system program to execute more than one program at a time?





multitasking

449 - Which of the following command is used to switch between the window programs?





Alt+Tab

450 - Which of the following concept is best to preventing page faults?





The working set

451 - Which of the following divides the input domain into classes containing data?





Equivalent partitioning

452 - Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?





The scan disk utility begins to run

453 - Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time?





DOS

454 - Which of the following file format supports in Windows 7?





NTFS

455 - Which of the following file menu option saves document to disk?





Save

456 - Which of the following filename extension suggests that the file is a backup copy of another file?





.bak

457 - Which of the following is a block device





disk

458 - Which of the following is a correct association between a vendor and an operating system





Redhat Linux

459 - Which of the following is a disk compression tool?





Drive space

460 - Which of the following is a disk compression tools?





Drive space

461 - Which of the following is a measure to test how good or bad a modular design is





Module strength

462 - Which of the following is a phase of a compilation process





Both of the above

463 - Which of the following is a type of systems software used on microcomputers?





All of the above

464 - Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system?





Process Control

465 - Which of the following is an example of utility?





Antivirus

466 - Which of the following is characteristic of an operating system?





All the above

467 - Which of the following is default location of saving and opening file?





My documents

468 - Which of the following is default mode for Windows to start?





Normal Mode

469 - Which of the following is drop down list?





Combo box

470 - Which of the following is helpful in evaluating applications software what will best suit your needs?





all of the above

471 - Which of the following is not a characteristic of a daisy chaining priority control scheme?





priority is programmable

472 - Which of the following is not a mode in starting Windows?





Turbo Mode

473 - Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system?





DOS

474 - Which of the following is not a part of the control panel?





My documents

475 - Which of the following is not a part of the program division in COBOL?





Compilation

476 - Which of the following is not a system tool?





Doskey

477 - Which of the following is not an advantage of multiprogramming?





decreased operating-system overhead

478 - Which of the following is not an operating system?





Pascal

479 - Which of the following is not an operating system?





Notepad

480 - Which of the following is not an operating system?





Oracle

481 - Which of the following is not applications software?





UNIX

482 - Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?





Switch off monitor

483 - Which of the following is not process states?





Finished

484 - Which of the following is not true about documentation?





Documentation increases the maintenance time and cost

485 - Which of the following is not true about the memory management?





virtual memory is used only in multi-user systems

486 - Which of the following is program group?





Accessories

487 - Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?





Restart

488 - Which of the following is system software?





All of the above

489 - Which of the following is text browser?





Lynx

490 - Which of the following is the allocation method of a disk space?





All of the Above

491 - Which of the following is the part of the operating system?





Kernel

492 - Which of the following is true for machine language.





the language which communicates with the computer using only the binary digits 1 and 0.

493 - Which of the following is used to display the content of a certain drive or folder?





Double click the drive or folder

494 - Which of the following is/are external commands?





All of above

495 - Which of the following isnt a part of the file directory?





Protocol

496 - Which of the following key is used to move the pointer from one pane to next pane?





F6

497 - Which of the following memory unit that processor can access more rapidly





Cache memory

498 - Which of the following might be used to convert high-level language instructions into machine language?





an interpreter

499 - Which of the following operating system do you choose to implement a client server network?





Windows 2000

500 - Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly?





MS DOS

501 - Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?





Real Time System

502 - Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network





Windows 2000

503 - Which of the following program is not a utility?





Spooler

504 - Which of the following resources must be protected by the operating system?





All of the above

505 - Which of the following scheduling objectives should be applied to the following: the system should admit jobs to create a mix that will keep most devices busy





to balance resource utilization

506 - Which of the following separates primary file and extension is





All of the above

507 - Which of the following shutdown method is often called Warm Boot?





Restart

508 - Which of the following software types is used to simplify using systems software?





timesharing

509 - Which of the following statement about directories is false?





Directories cannot be renamed

510 - Which of the following statement is true.





Seek analysis is used for analysing control-unit busy problems.

511 - Which of the following statements is false?





internal fragmentation is increased with small pages

512 - Which of the following statements is false?





real time systems generally use non-preemptive CPU scheduling

513 - Which of the following statements is not true about the FORTRAN language?





A FORTRAN program, written for the IBM-PC, is totally different from a FORTRAN program written for execution on the SUN machine

514 - Which of the following system program forgoes the production of object code to generate absolute machine code and load it into the physical main storage location from which it will be executed immediately upon completion of the assembly?





load-and-go assembler

515 - Which of the following terms refers to the degree to which data in a database system are accurate and correct?





data integrity

516 - Which of the following Windows do not have Start button





Windows 8

517 - Which of the following windows version support 64 bit processor?





Windows XP

518 - Which of the following, is necessary to work on a computer





Operating system

519 - Which of the key is used to close the active window?





None of above

520 - Which of the key is used to close the active window?





Alt+F4

521 - Which one is not a system tool?





Virus scanning

522 - Which one is not operating system?





P11

523 - Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting?





Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces

524 - Which one of the following is not a layer of operating system?





Critical selection

525 - Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?





DOS

526 - Which one of the following is not the function of Operating System?





Networking

527 - Which one of the following key is used to refresh the active window?





F5

528 - Which operating system can you give smallest file name?





Dos

529 - Which operating system does not support long file names?





DOS 6.2

530 - Which operating system doesn't support networking between computers?





Windows 3.1

531 - Which operating system uses short file names?





DOS

532 - Which policy replace a page if it is not in the favoured subset of a process's pages?





Working set

533 - Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?





Operating System

534 - Which table is a permanent database that has an entry for each terminal symbol.





Terminal table

535 - Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific operations?





External commands

536 - Which windows features can be accessed from the start menu?





All of above

537 - Which, of the following checks, cannot be carried out on the input data to a system?





Syntax check

538 - Which, of the following is not true about the description of a decision table?





A decision table is directly understood by the computer

539 - Which, of the following, is true for testing and debugging?





Testing checks for logical errors in the programs, while debugging is a process of correcting those errors in the program

540 - Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?





OS

541 - Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?





Operating System

542 - Windows 2000 server uses the





NTFS

543 - Windows can run





All of above

544 - Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end of day?





Shut Down

545 - With MS-DOS which command will divide the surface of the blank floppy disk into sectors and assign a unique address to each one?





FORMAT command

546 - Work group means





Computer in network

547 - World Wide Web is being standard by





W3C

548 - You can add or remove program





Add / Remove program from control panel

549 - You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its





Move handle

550 - You can select My Computer icon and press Alt + Enter to





Open System Properties dialog box

551 - You can set the width taskbar area and different components in it





If the taskbar is not yet locked

552 - You can switch from one program to another by clicking within the desired program's icon from the





Application icon from taskbar

553 - You can switch from one program to another on the desktop by clicking within the desired program's window or by clicking on its ...... button





Taskbar button

554 - You can use print manage window





All of the above

555 - You should choose Sleep option when





You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly

556 - You should choose this mode if you don't know how long you won't use your computer but want to have the same desktop state when you resume





Hibernate

557 - You should save your computer from?





All of the above

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