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Multiple Choice Questions on Operating Systems
1-1. ______ is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy
A. Single level implementation
B. Two level implementation
C. Multi level implementation
D. None
1-2. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer
A. Virtual space
B. Virtual computers
C. Virtual device
D. None
1-3. ______ shares characteristics with both hardware and software
A. Operating system
B. Software
C. Data
D. None
1-4. Multiprogramming systems:
A. Are easier to develop than single programming systems
B. Execute each job faster
C. Execute more jobs in the same time period
D. Are used only one large mainframe computers.
1-5. 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
1-6. Which is built directly on the hardware?
A. Computer Environment
B. Application Software
C. Operating System
D. Database System
1-7. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?
A. Windows 98
B. Windows NT
C. Windows XP
D. MS DOS
1-8. 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
1-9. 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
1-10. 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
Answers
1 – B / 2 – B / 3 – A / 4 – C / 5 – B / 6 – C / 7 – D / 8 – A / 9 – B / 10 – A
2-1. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader called ____ is executed
A. Compile and Go loader
B. Boot loader
C. Bootstrap loader
D. Relating loader
2-2. 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
2-3. The operating system manages
A. Memory
B. Processes
C. Disks and I/O devices
D. all of the above
2-4. Usually, in MSDOS, the primary hard disk drives has the drive letter ____
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
2-5. What is the function of an operating system?
A. Manages computer’s resources very efficiently
B. Takes care of scheduling jobs for execution
C. Manages the flow of data and instructions
D. All of the above
2-6. Which is not the function of the Operating System?
A. Memory management
B. Disk management
C. Application management
D. Virus Protection
2-7. Which Operating System doesn’t support networking between computers?
A. Windows 3.1
B. Windows 95
C. Windows 2000
D. Windows NT
2-8. Which Operating System doesn’t support long file names?
A. OS/2
B. Windows 95
C. MS-DOS
D. Windows NT
2-9. Which file keeps commands to execute automatically when OS is started?
A. command.com
B. any batch file
C. autoexec.bat
D. config.sys
2-10. What should be the extension to execute files?
A. EXE
B. BAT
C. COM
D. All of the above
Answers
1 – C / 2 – D / 3 – D / 4 – C / 5 – D / 6 – D / 7 – A / 8 – C / 9 – C / 10 – D
3-1 Which of the following file format supports in Windows 7?
A) NTFS
B) BSD
C) EXT
D) All of the above
3-2 The Primary job of the operating system is
A) Manage Commands
B) Manage Users
C) Manage Programs
D) Manage Resources
3-3 What is the meaning of “Hibernate” in Windows XP/Windows 7?
A) Restart the Computer in safe mode
B) Restart the Computer in hibernate mode
C) Shutdown the Computer terminating all the running applications
D) Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications
3-4 Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?
A) Memory
B) Operating System
C) I/O Devices
D) Control Unit
3-5 Virtual Memory is
A) Extremely Large Main memory
B) Extremely Large Secondary memory
C) An illusion of extremely large main memory
D) An illusion of extremely large secondary memory
3-6 Operating System manages
A) Memory
B) Processor
C) I/O devices
D) All of the above
3-7 What should be the first step while OS upgrading?
A) Delete old Operating System
B) Backup old Operating System
C) Backup Critical Data
D) Format Hard Disks
3-8 Unix Operating System is an
A) Multi User Operating System
B) Time Sharing Operating System
C) Multi Tasking Operating System
D) All the Above
3-9 In which type of the following OS, the response time is very crucial.
A) Network Operating System
B) Real Time Operating System
C) Batch Operating System
D) Unix Operating System
3-10 The file system “NTFS” stands for
A) New Type File System
B) Never Terminated File System
C) New Technology File System
D) Non Terminated File System
Answers
1 – A / 2 – D / 3 – D / 4 – B / 5 – C / 6 – D / 7 – C / 8 – D / 9 – B / 10 – C