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True/False
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Firewall monitors and logs all connections.
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True
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True
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Which of the following Operating System has no memory protection ?
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Windows 3.1
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Windows 3.1

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The main difference between structure and class is
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Structure does not support OOPS Class Supports OOPS.
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DMA stands for :-
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Direct Memory Access
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Direct Memory Access

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A major problem with the Priority scheduling algorithm is :-
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Starvation
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Starvation

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How big is a class object?
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Is as big as sum of the sizes of its member variables
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Is as big as sum of the sizes of its member variables

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The First version of UNIX was developed in 1969 by Ken Thompson of the Research
Group at :-
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Bell Laboratories
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Bell Laboratories
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When computer is powered up or rebooted, it needs to have an initial program to
run. This initial program is known as :-
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Bootstrap program
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Bootstrap program
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Processes represents the executions of single programs whereas threads represent
separate, concurrent execution contexts within a single process running a single
program.
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True
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True

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If Dog derives from Mammal, and Mammal derives from Animal, then -
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Dog inherits Animal's functions and data
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Dog inherits Animal's functions and data

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The wraping up of data and methods in a single unit (class) is known as :
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Encapsulation
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Encapsulation
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LRU algorithm can not be implemented without special hardware.
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True
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False
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The Solaris developers reimplemented the ________ using in-kernel thread to
eliminate the context switch involved in moving each character between daemons and
the kernel.
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Telnet daemon
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Telnet daemon

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All user processes are descendents of one original process, Which is that process?
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Init process
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Init process
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Terminals and line printers are ________ .
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Character devices
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Character devices
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Many-to-may model is supported by following operating systems :-
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Solaris , IRIX , Digital UNIX
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Solaris , IRIX , Digital UNIX

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find out the services provided by kernel related to I/O :
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I/O Scheduling , Buffering , Spooling
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I/O Scheduling , Buffering , Spooling

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The long-term scheduler controls the :-
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Degree of multiprogramming
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Degree of multiprogramming
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The concept of protection levels and call gates were pioneered in MULTICS, where
they were viewed as protection ________.
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Ring
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Ring

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In Linux, the main objects defined by the virtual file system are :-
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Inode-object , File-object , File-system object
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Inode-object , File-object , File-system object

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Collection of similar datatypes is called as
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Array
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Array

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We need two separate modes of operation to protect the operating system and all
other programs and their data from malfunctioning program. Which are those modes?
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User mode , Monitor mode
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Match The Following

Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Class Shape
Triangle, rectangle, circle, ellipse
Triangle, rectangle, circle, ellipse
Class Vehicle
Scooter, car, truck, tractor
Scooter, car, truck, tractor
Class Animal
Cat, dog, cow, tiger
Cat, dog, cow, tiger
Class Color
Red, yellow, blue, green
Red, yellow, blue, green
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The virtual memory portion of the NT executive is the ________.
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Virtual memory manager
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True/False
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An asynchronous call returns immediately, without waiting for the I/O to complete.
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True
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True
True/False
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Modem is a random-access device.
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False
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False

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A mailbox can be owned by :-
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Process , Operating system
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Process , Operating system

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The movement of information between levels of a storage hierarchy may be of two
types depending on the hardware design and the controlling operating system
software such as :-
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Explicit , Implicit
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Explicit , Implicit
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In windows NT, the ________ facility is used to pass requests and results between
client and server processes within a single machine.
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Local-procedure-call
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Remote-procedure-call
True/False
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A major security problem for operating system is authentication.
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True
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True
True/False
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In a blocking system call, the application is moved from the OS's run queue to a
wait queue.
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True
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True
True/False
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Device speeds range from a few bytes per second to a few gigabytes per second.
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True
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True

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Various storage systems available possesses which two characteristics?
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Volatile , Non-volatile
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Match The Following

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Correct Answer
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We can define abstract operation on abstract data
Data abstraction
Data abstraction
Process of sharing properties of the higher level object or class
Inheritance
Inheritance
Ability to inherit attributes and methods from 2 or more objects or classes
Multiple inheritance
Ability to send a message to several objects and to allow receiving object to
respond method specified on the object.
Ploymorphism
Ploymorphism

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As process enter the system, they are put into :-
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Job queue
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Job queue

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The role of the operating system in computer I/O is to :-
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Manage I/O operation and devices , Control I/O operation and devices
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Manage I/O operation and devices , Control I/O operation and devices
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The ________ is a layer of software that hides hardware differences from upper
levels of the operating system.
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Hardware abstraction layer
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Hardware abstraction layer
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A ________ is a computer or router that sits between the trusted and untrusted
systems.
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Firewall
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Firewall

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The Moriss Internet Worm was made up of which of the two programs?
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Grappling hook program , Main program
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Grappling hook program , Main program

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In UNIX, a device is distinguished by two things, which are :-
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Device-class , Device number
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Device-class , Device number

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In general , the access matrix will be :-
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Sparse
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Sparse
True/False
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Applications normally access block devices through a file system interface.
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True
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True

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User thread libraries include :-
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POSIX Pthreads , Mach C-threads , Solaris threads
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POSIX Pthreads , Mach C-threads , Solaris threads
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The positioning time sometimes called the ________.
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Random-access time
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Random-access time

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The concept of OOPS was first introduced in
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Simula Language
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Simula Language
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________ passwords prevent improper authentication due to password exposure.
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One-time
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One-time

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The linking of procedure call to the code to be executed in response to that call
is referred as
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Binding
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Binding
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locate the transmission devices :-
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Network cards , Modems
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Tapes , Network cards , Modems
True/False
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The user process issues a network I/O system call to send the character to the
remote machine.
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True
Your Answer
True

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The process by which objects of one class acquire properties of objects of other
class is called
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Inheritance
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Inheritance
True/False
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Windows NT uses a message passing implementation for I/O.
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True
Your Answer
True

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We need two separate modes of operation to protect the operating system and all
other programs and their data from malfunctioning program. Which are those modes?
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Your Answer
Match The Following

Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Round-robin
Time quantum
Time quantum
First-come First-served
First come job
First come job
Shortest job
Shortest job
Shortest job
Priority
Highest priority job
Highest priority job

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The segment is :-
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Logical entity
Your Answer
Logical entity

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In UNIX, decisions regarding which process to swap in or out are made by whom?
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Swapper
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Memory handler
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A ________ is a client-server mechanism that enables an application on one machine
to make a procedure call to code on another machine.
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When each process that wants to communicate must explicitly name the recipient or
sender of the communication, then such communication is called as :-
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Direct communication
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Indirect communication
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In Linux, the allocator uses a ________ algorithm to keep track of available
physical pages.
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Buddy-heap
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Binary-search

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What does the rows of the access matrix represents?
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Domains
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Domains

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Every change in policy requires a change in the underlying :-
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Mechanism
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System
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A ________ in NT is an object that provides a uniform interface for files, whether
they are local or remote.
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Redirector
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Domain

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In Solaris 2, user-level threads may be:-
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Bound , Unbound
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Bound , Unbound

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An audit log records which things about an object ?
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Time , User , Type of access
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Time , User , Type of access

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One-to-one model is supported by following systems :-
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Windows NT , OS/2
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OS/2 , Windows NT

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To protect the system, we must take security measures at two levels, such as :-
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Physical level , Human level
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Human level , Global level

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If the process is waiting for some event to occur then it is said to be in :-
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Waiting state
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Waiting state

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A common representation for a discussion of process scheduling is a :-
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Queuing diagram
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Process state diagram
True/False
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At Physical level, the site or sites containing the computer systems must be
physically secured against armed or surreptitious entry by intruders.
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True
Your Answer
True
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When you express user-system interaction, the scenario in the model is called
________
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Case model
Your Answer
Case model
True/False
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Data transfer from cache to CPU and registers is usually a software function, with
little operating system intervention.
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False
Your Answer
True
True/False
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A file in NTFS is a simple byte stream as it is in MS-DOS or UNIX .
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False
Your Answer
False

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Polymorphism means ability to take
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More than one form
Your Answer
More than one form
True/False
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Aging algorithm is based on LRU.
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True
Your Answer
True
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The virtual memory portion of the NT executive is the ________.
Correct Answer
Your Answer

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There are two types of Message passing, they are :-
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Synchronous , Asynchronous
Your Answer
Synchronous , Asynchronous
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Web servers use the ________ protocol to communicate with web browsers.
Correct Answer
http
Your Answer
http

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The security of a system can be improved by two management techniques, such as :-
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Threat monitoring , Audit Log
Your Answer
Audit Log , Threat finding
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The concept of protection levels and call gates were pioneered in MULTICS, where
they were viewed as protection ________.
Correct Answer
Ring
Your Answer
Ring
True/False
Question
We say that a system is secure if its resources are used and accessed as intended
under all circumstances.
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True
Your Answer
True
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The ________ controller is the controller at the computer end of the bus.
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Host
Your Answer
Cpu

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In Linux, the paging system can be divided into sections, namely:-
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Policy algorithm , Paging mechanism
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True/False
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Keyboard is a sharable device.
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True
Your Answer
False
True/False
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Transfer of data from disk to memory is usually controlled by the operating
system.
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True
Your Answer
True
True/False
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Prototyping not only helps to build a quality design but also enables the designer
to build the system decremantally.
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False
Your Answer
True
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The UNIX system uses ________ to avoid the necessity of keeping its password list
secret.
Correct Answer
Encryption
Your Answer
Encryption
Match The Following

Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Read-write devices
Disks
Disks
Dedicated devices
Tape
CD-ROM
Read-only devices
CD-ROM
Tape
Write-only devices
Graphics controller
Keyboard

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A procedure call, request to execute a method is termed as
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Message
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Message
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Context switch times are highly dependent on ________ support.
Correct Answer
Hardware
Your Answer
Hardware

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Two main jobs of a computer are :-
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I/O , Processing
Your Answer
I/O , Processing

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The 4.3BSD operating system is the version of :-
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UNIX
Your Answer
UNIX

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The number of processes that are completed per time unit is called as:-
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Throughput of system
Your Answer
Throughput of system

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Once the I/O is started , which two courses of action are possible?
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Synchronous I/O , Asynchronous I/O , Simple I/O
Your Answer
Synchronous I/O , Asynchronous I/O

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Security violations of the system can be categorized as :-
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Malicious , Accidental
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Malicious , Accidental
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A process migrates between the various ________ throughout its lifetime.
Correct Answer
Scheduling queues
Your Answer
Scheduling queues
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Various storage systems available possesses which two characteristics?
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Your Answer

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Most CPUs have two interrupt request lines. Which are they?
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Maskable , Non maskable
Your Answer
Maskable , Non maskable
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A ________ is a group of NT server machines that share a common security policy
and user databases.
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Domain
Your Answer
Domain
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An ________ is a dedicated, special purpose CPU found in mainframes and in other
high-end systems.
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I/O channel
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I/O channel

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The CPU is allocated to the selected process by the :-
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Dispatcher
Your Answer
Dispatcher

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In JAVA , the derived class is known as
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Subclass
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Subclass
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The Pentium supports four protection levels with ________ as least privileged
level.
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3
Your Answer
3
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________ of an object remains unchanged even though its state and properties
change.
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Identity
Your Answer
Identity
True/False
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One way to achieve portability is to write software in standard version of high
level language and to develop portable system and application software .
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True
Your Answer
True

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Software may trigger an interrupt by executing a special operation called :-
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System call
Your Answer
System call

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In Object Oriented technology following expression is appropriate
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object=data+menthods
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object=data+menthods

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The two versions of NT are :
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WindowsNT workstations , WindowsNT server
Your Answer
WindowsNT workstations , WindowsNT server
Match The Following

Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
We can define abstract operation on abstract data
Data abstraction
Data abstraction
Process of sharing properties of the higher level object or class
Inheritance
Inheritance
Ability to inherit attributes and methods from 2 or more objects or classes
Ability to send a message to several objects and to allow receiving object to
respond method specified on the object.
Ploymorphism
Ploymorphism
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A________ is a memory area that stores data while they are transferred between two
devices or between a device and an application.
Correct Answer
Buffer
Your Answer
Buffer
True/False
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In Public Key Encryption, each user has both a public and a private key.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
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Data transfer from cache to CPU and registers is usually a software function, with
little operating system intervention.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False

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Liner address is divided into fields like :-
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Dir , Page , Offset
Your Answer
Dir , Page , Offset

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IPC is particularly useful in a :-
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Distributed environment
Your Answer
Internet environment

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IPC provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize
their actions without sharing the same :-
Correct Answer
Address space
Your Answer
Semaphore

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Supervisor mode is also known as :-
Correct Answer
Privileged mode , Monitor mode , System mode
Your Answer
System mode , Privileged mode , Monitor mode
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Assuming that the segment is in memory and the offset is in range, the Pentium
then adds the ________ bit base field in the descriptor to the offset to form
linear address.
Correct Answer
32
Your Answer
32

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In Solaris 2, user-level threads may be:-
Correct Answer
Bound , Unbound
Your Answer
Bound , Unbound

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The concept of OOPS was first introduced in
Correct Answer
Simula Language
Your Answer
Simula Language
True/False
Question
At system boot time, the hardware starts in monitor mode.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
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The main difference between structure and class is
Correct Answer
Your Answer
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A ________ controller is built into each disk drive.
Correct Answer
Disk
Your Answer
Disk

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If a class fruit has object mango, the relationship is expressed as :
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Fruit mango
Your Answer
Fruit mango
True/False
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The hardware allows privileged instructions to be executed in only user mode.
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False
Your Answer
False

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An object type in windows NT is a system defined data type that has two things
associated with it, which are they?
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Set of attributes , Set of methods
Your Answer
Set of attributes , Set of methods
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The kernel module that controls a device is a ________ .
Correct Answer
Device driver
Your Answer
Device driver

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If process P and Q want to communicate, they must send messages to and receive
messages from each other: Thus link established between two process is known as :-
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Communication link
Your Answer
Direct link
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Dispatcher functions involves the following :-
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Switching context , Switching to user mode
Your Answer
Switching context , Switching to user mode
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In windows NT, the ________ facility is used to pass requests and results between
client and server processes within a single machine.
Correct Answer
Your Answer
True/False
Question
If some of the pages are shared with other process, the pages in memory and on the
disk can only be released when the last process using them has terminated.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
Select The Blank

Question
The Solaris developers reimplemented the ________ using in-kernel thread to
eliminate the context switch involved in moving each character between daemons and
the kernel.
Correct Answer
Telnet daemon
Your Answer
Context-switch daemon

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Modern operating systems are :-
Correct Answer
Interrupt driven
Your Answer
Interrupt driven
Match The Following

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Correct Answer
Your Answer
Bounded-buffer
Fixed size buffer
Fixed size buffer
Producer
Produces process
Produces process
Consumer
Consumes process
Consumes process
Unbounded-buffer
No limit on size of buffer
No limit on size of buffer

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In Linux, the paging system can be divided into sections, namely:-
Correct Answer
Your Answer

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A process data section contains:-
Correct Answer
Global variables
Your Answer
Temporary data
True/False
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OOSAD approach is applicable only to stable systems.
Correct Answer
False
Your Answer
False
True/False
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Segment length may change during execution.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True

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The movement of information between levels of a storage hierarchy may be of two
types depending on the hardware design and the controlling operating system
software such as :-
Correct Answer
Explicit , Implicit
Your Answer
Explicit , Implicit

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Collection of similar datatypes is called as
Correct Answer
Array
Your Answer
Array
True/False
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At Human level, user must be screened carefully so that the chance of authorizing
a user who then gives access to an intruder is reduced.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
True
True/False
Question
The user process issues a network I/O system call to send the character to the
remote machine.
Correct Answer
True
Your Answer
False

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Most computers have hardware clocks and timers that provide three basic functions,
such as :-
Correct Answer
Give the current time , Give the elapsed time , Set a timer to trigger operation
at certain time
Your Answer
Give the current time , Give the elapsed time , Set a timer to trigger operation
at certain time

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C++ is basically a procedural language having extension of
Correct Answer
Object Oriented technology
Your Answer
Object Oriented technology

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