100 MCQ for OS

1. If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard disk

a. you can set different size for each recycle bin
b. you can choose which recycle bin to use to store your deleted files
c. You can make any one of them default recycle bin
d. None of above
2. Identify false statement
a. You can find deleted files in recycle bin
b. You can restore any files in recycle bin if you ever need
c. You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin
d. You can right click and choose Empty Recycle Bin to clean it at once
3. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, you can reset it using
a. Write
b. Calendar
c. Write file
d. Control panel
4. You should save your computer from?
a. Viruses
b. Time bombs
c. Worms
d. All of the above
5. World Wide Web is being standard by
a. Worldwide corporation
b. W3C
c. World Wide Consortium
d. World Wide Web Standard
6. A co-processor
a. Is relatively easy to support in software
b. Causes all processor to function equally
c. Works with any application
d. Is quite common in modern computer
7. A Microsoft Windows is ….. a(n)
a. Operating system
b. Graphic program
c. Word Processing
d. Database program
8. Which of the following is program group?
a. Accessories
b. Paint
c. Word
d. All of above
9. Which is not application software?
a. Windows NT
b. Page Maker
c. WinWord XP
d. Photoshop
10. The ….. program compresses large files into a smaller file
a. WinZip
b. WinShrink
c. WinStyle
d. None of above
11. Which of the following is an example of a real time operating system?
a. Lynx
b. MS DOS
c. Windows XP
d. Process Control
12. Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly?
a. Windows 98
b. Windows NT
c. Windows XP
d. MS DOS
13. Which of the following windows version support 64 bit processor?
a. Windows 98
b. Windows 2000
c. Windows XP
d. Windows 95
14. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?
a. Windows 98
b. Windows NT
c. Windows XP
d. MS DOS
15. What program runs first after computer is booted and loading GUI?
a. Desktop Manager
b. File Manager
c. Windows Explorer
d. Authentication
16. Which of the following operating system do you choose to implement a client server network?
a. MS DOS
b. Windows
c. Windows 98
d. Windows 2000
17. Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network
a. MS DOS
b. Windows 95
c. Windows 98
d. Windows 2000
18. My Computer was introduced from
a. Windows 3.1
b. Windows 3.11
c. Windows 95
d. Windows 98
19. Which of the following Windows do not have Start button
a. Windows Vista
b. Windows 7
c. Windows 8
d. None of above
20. Which is the latest version of MS Windows?
a. Windows 2007
b. Windows 8.1
c. Windows 2008
d. Windows 7
21. Which operating system doesn’t support networking between computers?
a. Windows 3.1
b. Windows 95
c. Windows 2000
d. Windows NT
22. Which Operating System doesn’t support networking between computers?
a. Windows 3.1
b. Windows 95
c. Windows 2000
d. Windows NT
23. Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time?
a. DOS
b. Linux
c. Windows
d. Unix
24. Which of the following is not an operating system?
a. DOS
b. Linux
c. Windows
d. Oracle
25. Linux is a(n) … operating system
a. Open source
b. Microsoft
c. Windows
d. Mac
26. Which operating system can you give smallest file name?
a. Ps/2
b. Dos
c. Windows
d. Windows NT
27. Which one is not operating system?
a. P11
b. OS/2
c. Windows
d. Unix
28. Which of the following is not a multitasking operating system?
a. Windows
b. Linux
c. Win NT
d. DOS
29. You should choose Sleep option when
a. The computer is tired after working for the whole day
b. You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly
c. When computer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep for some time
d. You finish working and going to bed
30. The …. displays the name of every computer user on the computer
a. Wish list screen
b. Command screen
c. Welcome screen
d. None of the above
31. The category of software most appropriate for controlling the design and layout of complex
document like newsletters and brochure is:
a. Word processing
b. Computer aided design
c. Web page authoring
d. Desktop publishing
32. Which one is not a system tool?
a. Backup
b. Disk defragment
c. Virus scanning
d. All of the above
33. The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called
a. Expanded memory
b. Cache memory
c. Virtual memory
d. Conventional memory
34. The operating system creates … from the physical computer
a. Virtual space
b. Virtual computer
c. Virtual device
d. None
35. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer
a. Virtual space
b. Virtual computers
c. Virtual device
d. None
36. Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?
a. Option
b. Help
c. View
d. None of above
37. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?
a. Safe Mode
b. Normal Mode
c. VGA Mode
d. Network Support Mode
38. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?
a. Keyboard driver
b. Mouse driver
c. VGA drive
d. All of above
39. A …. is a named location on a disk where files are stored
a. Folder
b. Pod
c. Version
d. None of the above
40. Which command is used to see the version of operating system?
a. Vol
b. Version
c. Ver
d. None of the above
41. Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific operations?
a. Internal commands
b. External commands
c. Valuable commands
d. Primary commands
42. Which of the following is system software?
a. Operating system
b. Compiler
c. Utilities
d. All of the above
43. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be
a. User-happy
b. User-simple
c. User-friendly
d. None of the above
44. A ….is a flash memory storage device that plugins into a USB port
a. USB snap drive
b. USB flash drive
c. USB memory maker drive
d. None of above
45. The ….is the drive containing the files to be copied
a. Source drive
b. Destination drive
c. USB drive
d. None of the above
46. The number of character contained in primary name (DOS)?
a. Up to 8 characters
b. 3 characters
c. Up to 10 characters
d. None of the above
47. Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?
a. DOS
b. Windows
c. Unix
d. Linux
48. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the … operating system
a. Windows
b. Linux
c. Unix
d. CMOS
49. The … operating system was initially created in the early 1970s at AT and T’s Bell Labs
a. Linux
b. DOS
c. Unix
d. GNU
50. Which command is used to undelete a bunch of files with extension .doc that you have just
deleted?
a. Undelete
b. Undelete/all
c. Undelete *.doc
d. All of above
51. Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS?
a. Copy con
b. Copy
c. Type
d. Dir
52. In Windows, start button is used to
a. Run applications
b. Device setting
c. Turn off the system
d. All of above
53. Which of the following is an essential file of a MS-DOS boot disk?
a. COMMAND.COM
b. START.COM
c. TREE.COM
d. VER.COM
54. Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting?
a. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces
b. Do not check/scan surface after format
c. Transfer system files after format
d. All of above
55. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can …..that text into another document
a. Paste
b. Copy
c. Transfer
d. None of the above
56. What is the function of radio button?
a. To select multiple option
b. To select single option
c. To select all option
d. All of above
57. The Banker’s algorithm is used
a. to rectify deadlock
b. to detect deadlock
c. to prevent deadlock
d. to slove deadlock
58. The primary purpose of an operating system is:
a. To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
b. To allow people to use the computer,
c. To keep systems programmers employed
d. To make computers easier to use
59. The primary purpose of an operating system is a …
a. To make the most efficient use of computer hardware
b. To allow people to use the computer
c. To keep system programmer employed
d. To make computer easier to use
60. You can use print manage window
a. To check status of files in the print queue
b. To cancel the print job
c. To interrupt printing
d. All of the above
61. Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?
a. Quick Response System
b. Real Time System
c. Time Sharing System
d. Batch Processing System
62. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT
a. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory
b. The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually
change
c. This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file
d. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive
63. The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
a. Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
b. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
c. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
d. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows
64. What is dispatch latency?
a. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another
b. The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk
c. The whole time taken by all processor
d. None of Above
65. A page fault occurs when
a. the Deadlock happens
b. the Segmentation starts
c. the page is found in the memory
d. the page is not found in the memory
66. Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
a. All files inside the directory are moved
b. All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
c. The directory is moved the source file is not moved
d. Both a and b
67. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. The CPU
d. Memory Cache
68. Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?
a. The scandisk utility begins to run
b. The video card and video memory are tested
c. The BIOS identification process occurs
d. Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly
69. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
a. Name of the file
b. Extension of the file
c. The amount of memory in your computer
d. All of above
70. Which of the following is drop down list?
a. List
b. Combo box
c. Text area
d. None
71. Recently deleted files are stored in
a. Recycle bin
b. Desktop
c. Taskbar
d. My computer
72. Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?
a. Dialog boxes
b. Start menu
c. Taskbar
d. All of above
73. A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
a. Start button
b. Quick launch
c. Task bar
d. System tray
74. An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows
XP
a. Home edition
b. Media center edition
c. Tablet PC edition
d. None of above
75. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP
a. Home edition
b. Media center edition
c. Tablet PC edition
d. None of the above
76. The date and time displays on
a. Taskbar
b. Status bar
c. System tray
d. Launch pad
77. …. runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
a. Operating system
b. Application system
c. System software
d. All of above
78. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?
a. Operating System
b. Application Software
c. System Software
d. All
79. … is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. System operations
d. None
80. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. System operations
d. None
81. The ….contains commands associated with the My Computer window
a. Standard menu
b. Start menu
c. System menu
d. None of the above
82. …. is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program
a. Operating environment
b. Operating system
c. System environment
d. None of these
83. Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program
a. Operating environment
b. Operating system
c. System environment
d. None
84. 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
a. Bootstrap
b. Power on self test (POST)
c. System configuration
d. Kernel loading
85. The operating system is the most common type of …. Software
a. Communication
b. Application
c. System
d. Word processing software
86. Which of the following is/are external commands?
a. Edit
b. Label
c. Sys
d. All of above
87. Which is not an external command?
a. Edit
b. XCOPY
c. Sys
d. None of the above
88. Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?
a. Save all opened files
b. Close all running applications
c. Switch off monitor
d. Cut off the power supply
89. What is Dr. Watson?
a. IT Expert
b. Diagnosis tool
c. Surgeon
d. None
90. The command allows you to create logical drive
a. Sort
b. Path
c. Subst
d. Batch
91. The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk
a. Fdisk
b. Format
c. Subst
d. All of the above
92. You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its
a. Move handle
b. Tail
c. Status bar
d. Title bar
93. 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
a. Menu bar
b. Tool bar
c. Status bar
d. Task bar
94. Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?
a. Dialog box
b. Task bar
c. Start menu
d. All of the above
95. Taskbar is used for
a. Navigation program
b. Switching between program
c. Start a program
d. All of above
96. To install the new font
a. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font
b. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
c. Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
d. Start -> setting -> font
97. When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates
a(n)
a. Interrupt
b. Spool
c. Stack
d. Page file
98. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as
a. Hyperlink
b. Menu
c. Source drive
d. None of these
99. Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?
a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate
100. Windows displays various options to shutdown. Which is suitable at the end of day?
a. Shut Down
b. Restart
c. Sleep
d. Hibernate
Q.No-Correct Answer
1–a 2–c 3–d 4–d 5–b 6–a 7–a 8–a 9–a 10 – a

11 – d 12 – d 13 – a 14 – d 15 – d 16 – d 17 – d 18 – c 19 – c 20 – b

21 – a 22 – a 23 – a 24 – d 25 – a 26 – b 27 – a 28 – d 29 – b 30 – c

31 – a 32 – c 33 – d 34 – b 35 – b 36 – d 37 – a 38 – d 39 – a 40 – c

41 – b 42 – d 43 – c 44 – b 45 – a 46 – a 47 – a 48 – c 49 – c 50 – c

51 – c 52 – d 53 – a 54 – a 55 – a 56 – b 57 – c 58 – a 59 – a 60 – d

61 – b 62 – a 63 – d 64 – a 65 – d 66 – d 67 – b 68 – a 69 – c 70 – b

71 – a 72 – c 73 – d 74 – b 75 – c 76 – c 77 – a 78 – a 79 – b 80 – b

81 – c 82 – b 83 – b 84 – b 85 – c 86 – d 87 – d 88 – c 89 – b 90 – c

91 – c 92 – a 93 – d 94 – b 95 – d 96 – b 97 – a 98 – a 99 – b 100 – a

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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 mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.
2. To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the
a) system calls
b) API
c) library
d) assembly instructions
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

3. Which one of the following is not true?

a) kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system
b) kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting
c) kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system
d) kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

4. Which one of the following error will be handle by the operating system?
a) power failure
b) lack of paper in printer
c) connection failure in the network
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

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5. The main function of the command interpreter is

a) to get and execute the next user-specified command
b) to provide the interface between the API and application program
c) to handle the files in operating system
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

6. By operating system, the resource management can be done via

a) time division multiplexing
b) space division multiplexing
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

7. If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a

a) log file
b) another running process
c) new file
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

8. Which facility dynamically adds probes to a running system, both in user processes and in the
kernel?
a) DTrace
b) DLocate
c) DMap
d) DAdd
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

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9. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?
a) VxWorks
b) Windows CE
c) RTLinux
d) Palm OS
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

10. The OS X has

a) monolithic kernel
b) hybrid kernel
c) microkernel
d) monolithic kernel with modules
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.
1. The systems which allows only one process execution at a time, are called
a) uniprogramming systems
b) uniprocessing systems
c) unitasking systems
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Those systems which allows more than one process execution at a time, are called
multiprogramming systems. Uniprocessing means only one processor.

2. In operating system, each process has its own

a) address space and global variables
b) open files
c) pending alarms, signals and signal handlers
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

3. In Unix, Which system call creates the new process?

a) fork
b) create
c) new
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

4. A process can be terminated due to

a) normal exit
b) fatal error
c) killed by another process
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

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5. What is the ready state of a process?

a) when process is scheduled to run after some execution
b) when process is unable to run until some task has been completed
c) when process is using the CPU
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:When process is unable to run until some task has been completed, the process is in
blocked state and if process is using the CPU, it is in running state.
6. What is interprocess communication?
a) communication within the process
b) communication between two process
c) communication between two threads of same process
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.

7. 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 mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

8. A process stack does not contain

a) function parameters
b) local variables
c) return addresses
d) PID of child process
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

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9. Which system call returns the process identifier of a terminated child?

a) wait
b) exit
c) fork
d) get
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

10. The address of the next instruction to be executed by the current process is provided by the
a) CPU registers
b) program counter
c) process stack
d) pipe
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:None.
1) A Process Control Block(PCB) does not contain which of the following :
a) Code
b) Stack
c) Heap
d) Data
e) Program Counter
f) Process State
g) I/O status information
h) bootstrap program
View Answer
Answer: h
Explanation: None.
2) The number of processes completed per unit time is known as __________.
a) Output
b) Throughput
c) Efficiency
d) Capacity
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
3) The state of a process is defined by :
a) the final activity of the process
b) the activity just executed by the process
c) the activity to next be executed by the process
d) the current activity of the process
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.
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4) Which of the following is not the state of a process ?
a) New
b) Old
c) Waiting
d) Running
e) Ready
f) Terminated
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
5) The Process Control Block is :
a) Process type variable
b) Data Structure
c) a secondary storage section
d) a Block in memory
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
6) The entry of all the PCBs of the current processes is in :
a) Process Register
b) Program Counter
c) Process Table
d) Process Unit
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
7) The degree of multi-programming is :
a) the number of processes executed per unit time
b) the number of processes in the ready queue
c) the number of processes in the I/O queue
d) the number of processes in memory
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.

8) A single thread of control allows the process to perform :

a) only one task at a time
b) multiple tasks at a time
c) All of these
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
9) The objective of multi-programming is to : (choose two)
a) Have some process running at all times
b) Have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run
c) To minimize CPU utilization
d) To maximize CPU utilization
View Answer
Answer: a and d
Explanation: None.
1) Which of the following do not belong to queues for processes ?
a) Job Queue
b) PCB queue
c) Device Queue
d) Ready Queue
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
2) When the process issues an I/O request :
a) It is placed in an I/O queue
b) It is placed in a waiting queue
c) It is placed in the ready queue
d) It is placed in the Job queue
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
3) When a process terminates : (Choose Two)
a) It is removed from all queues
b) It is removed from all, but the job queue
c) Its process control block is de-allocated
d) Its process control block is never de-allocated
View Answer
Answer: a and c
Explanation: None.
4) What is a long-term scheduler ?
a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of these
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
5) If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be ______, and the Short term
Scheduler will have a ______ to do.
a) full,little
b) full,lot
c) empty,little
d) empty,lot
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
6) What is a medium-term scheduler ?
a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of these
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
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7) What is a short-term scheduler ?

a) It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
b) It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
c) It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping
d) None of these
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
8) The primary distinction between the short term scheduler and the long term scheduler is :
a) The length of their queues
b) The type of processes they schedule
c) The frequency of their execution
d) None of these
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
9) The only state transition that is initiated by the user process itself is :
a) block
b) wakeup
c) dispatch
d) None of these
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
10) In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process
goes from the running state to the :
a) Blocked state
b) Ready state
c) Suspended state
d) Terminated state
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
11) In a multi-programming environment :
a) the processor executes more than one process at a time
b) the programs are developed by more than one person
c) more than one process resides in the memory
d) a single user can execute many programs at the same time
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
12) Suppose that a process is in “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is
completed, it goes to the :
a) Running state
b) Ready state
c) Suspended state
d) Terminated state
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
13) The context of a process in the PCB of a process does not contain :
a) the value of the CPU registers
b) the process state
c) memory-management information
d) context switch time
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.

14) Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes ?
(GATE CS 2000)
a) General purpose registers
b) Translation look-aside buffer
c) Program counter
d) All of these
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
14) Which of the following does not interrupt a running process ? (GATE CS 2001)
a) A device
b) Timer
c) Scheduler process
d) Power failure
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
15) Several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the
execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place, is called a(n) ____.
a) Shared Memory Segments
b) Entry Section
c) Race condition
d) Process Synchronization
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
16) Which of the following state transitions is not possible ?
a) blocked to running
b) ready to running
c) blocked to ready
d) running to blocked
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
1. Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the system?
a) cooperating process
b) child process
c) parent process
d) init process
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:None.

2. When several processes access the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends
on the particular order in which the access takes place, is called
a) dynamic condition
b) race condition
c) essential condition
d) critical condition
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Answer:b
Explanation:None.

3. If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their
critical section. This condition is called
a) mutual exclusion
b) critical exclusion
c) synchronous exclusion
d) asynchronous exclusion
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

4. Which one of the following is a synchronization tool?

a) thread
b) pipe
c) semaphore
d) socket
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Answer:c
Explanation:None.

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5. A semaphore is a shared integer variable
a) that can not drop below zero
b) that can not be more than zero
c) that can not drop below one
d) that can not be more than one
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

6. Mutual exclusion can be provided by the

a) mutex locks
b) binary semaphores
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Binary Semaphores are known as mutex locks.

7. When high priority task is indirectly preempted by medium priority task effectively inverting the
relative priority of the two tasks, the scenario is called
a) priority inversion
b) priority removal
c) priority exchange
d) priority modification
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.

8. Process synchronization can be done on

a) hardware level
b) software level
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:None.

a) shared data structures

b) procedures that operate on shared data structure
c) synchronization between concurrent procedure invocation
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:None.

10. To enable a process to wait within the monitor,

a) a condition variable must be declared as condition
b) condition variables must be used as boolean objects
c) semaphore must be used
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer:a
Explanation:None.