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The document contains answers to multiple choice questions about operating system concepts. It covers topics like interrupts, processes, memory management, I/O management, and the roles of operating system components. The answers are brief but touch on core OS functions and responsibilities.

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CH1: Introduction to Operating system

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1. Answer: d) All of the above

2. Answer: d) Execute programs and perform computations

3. Answer: a) To signal the occurrence of an event that requires attention

4. Answer: a) To protect the operating system and system components

5. Answer: a) To control and communicate with I/O devices through their controllers

6. Answer: b) Multi-processor system

7. Answer: b) To manage the execution of multiple processes concurrently

8. Answer: a) ROM

9. Answer: a) To load the operating system kernel and start execution

10. Answer: c) To provide an interface for user applications to access operating system services

11. Answer: a) To store frequently used data and instructions for faster access

12. Answer: a) Protection refers to controlling access to resources, while security refers to defending
against external and internal attacks

13. Answer: a) By switching between different jobs in memory

14. Answer: a) Process management

15. Answer: d) To ensure fair and efficient allocation of I/O resources

16. Answer: b) To switch between user mode and kernel mode

17. Answer: c) To control the access and allocation of system resources

18. Answer: c) Clustered system

19. Answer: d) To prevent and resolve situations where processes are unable to proceed

20. Answer: c) Hard disk drive

21. Answer: d) All of the above

22. Answer: c) Both a and b


23. Answer: d) All of the above

24. Answer: d) All of the above

25. Answer: d) All of the above

26. Answer: d) All of the above

27. Answer: d) All of the above

28. Answer: d) All of the above

29. Answer: a) To handle interrupts and perform the necessary actions

30. Answer: d) All of the above

31. Answer: d) All of the above

32. Answer: a) To assist in the operation of the computer system

33. Answer: a) To hold a copy of the instruction being executed

34. Answer: a) To hold the address of the next instruction to be executed

35. Answer: a) To synchronize access to the memory

36. Answer: d) All of the above

37. Answer: a) To accept and execute user commands

38. Answer: d) All of the above

39. Answer: c) It provides an interface between the user and the operating system

40. Answer: b) Operating system

41. Answer: b) Through direct memory access (DMA)

42. Answer: d) All of the above

43. Answer: a) A program in execution

44. Answer: c) Device driver

45. Answer: b) Kernel mode

46. Answer: d) All of the above


47. Answer: a) Handle interrupts and traps

48. Answer: a) Store data and instructions temporarily during program execution

49. Answer: a) Store frequently used data and instructions for faster access

50. Answer: b) Through a command-line interface or graphical user interface (GUI)

51. Answer:b)The kernel is the core of the OS that manages hardware and provides essential services,
while system
programs are additional utilities.

52. Answer: c) A web browser

53. Answer: c) It services the highest-priority interrupt first and then moves on to lower-priority ones.

54. Answer: a) Main memory is faster but volatile, while secondary storage is slower but non-volatile.

55. Answer: c) To organize files and subdirectories

56. Answer:a) A program is a passive entity stored on disk, while a process is an active entity in memo
ry being executed by the CPU.

57. Answer: c) To connect CPUs and device controllers and provide access to shared memory

58. Answer : a) An interrupt is generated by hardware, while a trap is generated by software.

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