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Operating Systems (Final Exam)

This document contains a final exam on operating systems with three sections - multiple choice, true/false, and enumeration. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing knowledge about operating systems, processes, and process management. The true/false section contains 10 statements related to operating systems and hardware. The enumeration section asks to define operating system functions, common services, advantages of multiprogramming, and the conceptual view of a computer system.

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Operating Systems (Final Exam)

This document contains a final exam on operating systems with three sections - multiple choice, true/false, and enumeration. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing knowledge about operating systems, processes, and process management. The true/false section contains 10 statements related to operating systems and hardware. The enumeration section asks to define operating system functions, common services, advantages of multiprogramming, and the conceptual view of a computer system.

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Operating Systems

(Final Exam)

I. Multiple choice
Instruction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

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 above

2. To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the ____
a) System calls
b) API
c) Library
d) Assembly instructions

3. Which of the following error will be handled by the operating system?


a) Power failure
b) Lack of paper in printer
c) Connection failure in the network
d) All of the above

4. What is the main function of the command interpreter?


a) To get and execute the next user-specified command
b) To provide the interface between the API and the application program
c) To handle the files in the operating system
d) None of the above

5. The systems which allow only one process execution at a time are called ____
a) Uniprogramming systems
b) Uniprocessing systems
c) Unitasking systems
d) None of the above

6. A set of processes is deadlock if ____


a) Each process is blocked and will remain so forever
b) Each process is terminated
c) All processes are trying to kill each other
d) None of the above

7. A Process Control Block (PCB) does not contain which of the following?
a) Code
b) Stack
c) Bootstrap program
d) Data

8. The number of processes completed per unit time is known as ____


a) Output
b) Throughput
c) Efficiency
d) Capacity

9. Which of the following is not the state of a process?


a) New
b) Old
c) Waiting
d) Running
10. What is Process Control Block?
a) Process type variable
b) Data structure
c) A secondary storage section
d) A block in memory

II. True or False


Instruction: Write T if the sentence is correct and F if the sentence is wrong.

___ 1. The hardware consists of memory, CPU, ALU, I/O devices, peripheral devices except storage
devices.

___ 2. Every computer must have an operating system to run other programs.

___ 3. A loader is a routine that loads an object program and prepares it for termination.

___ 4. It is not necessary to keep record of user resources or logs

___ 5. The I/O traffic controller is a module that keeps track of the status of any device

___ 6. Computer games requires internal programming for video and sound cards is an example of
Arbitration.

___ 7. Operating system is concerned with the allocation of resources and services except the
memory, processors, devices and information.

___ 8. Integrated Circuit (IC) was the second electronic device between years 1965- 1980.

___ 9. Operating system provides an environment in which a user can execute programs in a
convenient and efficient manner.

___ 10. An operating system act as an intermediary between the user of a computer and computer
hardware.

III. Enumeration
Instruction: Provide what is asked.

1-3.What are the three functions of the operating system?

4-8.What are the common services provided by the operating system?

9-10. Give atleast 2 advantages of multiprogramming.

11-15. Illustrate the conceptual view of the computer system.

“If you feel lost in the face of doubt or uncertainty or the pressure of starting anew, don’t rush. Take a deep
breath. You may find any moment can be turned into an opportunity, allow yourself to take it easy. Take one
step at a time. You will soon discover the important things that you were missing.”
- 방탄소년단 진, 2020
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