Basic Operating System MCQ

Basic Operating System MCQ
61. A thread
  • is a lightweight process where the context switching is low
  • is a lightweight process where the context swithching is high
  • is used to speed up paging
  • none of the above
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62. Using Priority Scheduling algorithm, find the average waiting time for the following set of processes given with their priorities in the order: Process : Burst Time : Priority respectively . P1 : 10 : 3 , P2 : 1 : 1 , P3 : 2 : 4 , P4 : 1 : 5 , P5 : 5 : 2.
  • 8 milliseconds
  • 8.2 milliseconds
  • 7.75 milliseconds
  • 3 milliseconds
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63. Routine is not loaded until it is called. All routines are kept on disk in a relocatable load format. The main program is loaded into memory & is executed. This type of loading is called _________
  • Static loading
  • Dynamic loading
  • Dynamic linking
  • Overlays
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64. In the running state
  • only the process which has control of the processor is found
  • all the processes waiting for I/O to be completed are found
  • all the processes waiting for the processor are found
  • none of the above
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65. The Purpose of Co-operating Process is __________.
  • Information Sharing
  • Convenience
  • Computation Speed-Up
  • All of the above
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66. The kernel of the operating system remains in the primary memory because ________.
  • It is mostly called (used)
  • It manages all interrupt calls
  • It controls all operations in process
  • It is low level
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67. The process related to process control, file management, device management, information about system and communication that is requested by any higher level language can be performed by __________.
  • Editors
  • Compilers
  • System Call
  • Caching
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68. Which of the following disk scheduling techniques has a drawback of starvation ?
  • SCAN
  • SSTF
  • FCFS
  • LIFO
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69. Multiprogramming systems ________.
  • Are easier to develop than single programming systems
  • Execute each job faster
  • Execute more jobs in the same time
  • Are used only on large main frame computers
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70. Under multiprogramming, turnaround time for short jobs is usually ________ and that for long jobs is slightly ___________.
  • Lengthened; Shortened
  • Shortened; Lengthened
  • Shortened; Shortened
  • Shortened; Unchanged
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