Basics of Operating System MCQs [set-3]

51. Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific

operations?
A. Internal commands
B. External commands
C. Valuable commands
D. Primary commands
Answer: B

52. Which of the following is system software?

A. Operating system
B. Compiler
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C. Utilities
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D. All of the above te
Answer: D a
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53. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to be
A. User-happy
B. User-simple
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C. User-friendly
D. None of the above
Answer: C

54. 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
Answer: B

55. The ....is the drive containing the files to be copied

A. Source drive
B. Destination drive
 C. USB drive
D. None of the above
Answer: A

56. 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
Answer: A

57. Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system?

A. DOS
B. Windows
C. Unix
D. Linux
Answer: A

58. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on the ... operating system
A. Windows
B. Linux
C. Unix
D. CMOS
Answer: C

59. 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
Answer: C

60. Which command is used to undelete a bunch of files with extension .doc that
you have just deleted?
A. Undelete
B. Undelete/all

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 C. Undelete *.doc
D. All of above
Answer: C

61. Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS?
A. Copy con
B. Copy
C. Type
D. Dir
Answer: C

62. In Windows, start button is used to

A. Run applications
B. Device setting
C. Turn off the system
D. All of above
Answer: D

63. 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
Answer: A

64. 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
Answer: A

65. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can .....that text into another
document
A. Paste
B. Copy
C. Transfer

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 D. None of the above
Answer: A

66. 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
Answer: B

67. The Banker's algorithm is used

A. to rectify deadlock
B. to detect deadlock
C. to prevent deadlock
D. to slove deadlock
Answer: C

68. 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
Answer: A

69. 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
Answer: A

70. 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
Answer: D

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71. 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
Answer: B

72. 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
Answer: A

73. 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
Answer: D

74. 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
Answer: A

75. 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
Answer: D

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