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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIRNC DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INK 214: OPERATING SYSTEMS. our. Mareh, 2018 45 mins SECTION A: CHOOSE THE CORREC TWENTY QUESTIONS 1. What is an operating system? a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources b) system service provider to the application programs nk to interface the hardware and application programs e@jall of the mentioned P ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING 2. Which one of the following is not true? a) The kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the Operating system b) The first part of operating system that get loaded into memory during booting is the kernel . ©) The kernel which is made of various modules cannot be loaded in running operating, System «) The kemei remoins in the memory thre 1ghout the entire computer session 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 mentioned 4. The main function of the command interpreter is to ... a) handle the files in operating system b) provide the interface between the API and application program Out and execute the next user-specified command d) deal with none of the above mentioned 5. Ifa process fails, most operating system write the error information to a og file : another running proc c) new file d) none of the mentioned i ecuted When a computer is tumed on, a special type of loader called s ex a. Compile and goal loader €B) Bootstrap loader Relating loader n ting system is the most 6 d. Boot loader For a client ~ Server network, which of the following operat 7. suitable to implement? 2. Windows 95 b. Windows 98 ) Windows 2000 d. MS DOS ‘The operating system is said to manage which of the following? a. Processes b. Files ¢. 1/0 and disks > All of the above 9. ‘The primary hard disk drive in MSDOS usually has the letter: aa b B Cc pu 10. Which of the following is a function of an Operating System? It schedule jobs for execution a b. It manages the flow of data and instructions c. It efficiently manages the resources of a computer. @>) All of the above ... Keeps command to execute automatically 11. When an OS starts, the * ® config.sys autoexec. bat c. command.com d. any batch file 12, Which of the following is required to execute files? a. BAT b, EXE c. COM @ All of the above 13, The primary job of an operating system is to manage a. Commands b. Programs c. Users 14, A Microsoft Windows is a(n). a)Operating system . Graphic program ©. Word Processing p 4 Database program : Zhe primary purpose of an operating system is . a Cittces peta ef nt use of the computer hardware Penge ad ple to use the computer, spats % ems programmers employed 16. gke make Computers easier to use generation computers were the first to: & be built on transistors. be use neural networks. ©) be built using integrated circuits. 4 be built using vacuum tubes . The two modes of operation of an operating system are the .- a. process and kernel. 2) kemel and user. ¢. interrupt and system. d. ready and running. age Ie ete Smee oat ctvesn inetuser and job'is a characteristic ofayhicn outhe\alsoMat operating system? ' a, Time-sharing Batch c. Distributed and d. Network 19, The main function of the command interpreter is 10 get and execute the next user-specified command b, to provide the interface between the API and application program ¢. to handle the files in operating system d. none of the mentioned 20. It is the windows version that support 64 bit processor. a, Windows 98 b, Windows 2000 Windows XP d. Windows 95 SECTION B: FILL IN THE BLANKS is to optimize the usage of the hardware, running, 1 2 ieornel The main task of the the required programs, and satisfying the user's requirements. The Svell.she ean be command line (CLI ~ Command Line Interface, such as DOS), or graphic interface (GUI e.g.: Windows) and Its’ task is to interpret is switched on, the initial set of Se commands In comptting, when an electrical pow: >perations that a computer system performs is known as - The bootstrap loader is executed from the .“*-" memory The S195 runs several tests to verify the hardware components when a PC is switched on. In multiprogrammed systems, the CPV. and US.. are always busy. In...systems use multiple central processors to serve multiple real-time applications and multiple users in hot standby mode the other runs the s one machine i availability can be improved by applications Consicering the characteristics of OS, increasing the 1 CAPE CO AND NATURAL SCIENCES. 2AL SCI AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF COLLEGE OF AGRICULTUR SCHOOL OF P DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SC °ND OFS: KAMINATIONS 2017/2018 DURATION: 2 Hours. CSC 214: OPERATING 8 INSTRUCTIONS; Answer all questions in section A (40 marks) and any other 6v0 (30 marks ction B each) in s ON A em be like the UCC administration? 1. In which of the following ways can an operating A) Itis primarily concerned with the individual's nt @) It creates an environment within which other programs can do useful work C) It seldom functions correctly, D) Most useful functions are performed by itself, Lack of interaction between the user and job is a characteristic of which of the following operating system? A) Time-sharing ~

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