Computer Quiz : Operating System Set – 14

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1. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed called a _____
   A. Compile and Go ladder
   B. Boot Loader
   C. Bootstrap Loader
   D. Relating Loader
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans -C. Bootstrap Loader
   
   
2. Which of the following memory allocation scheme suffers from external fragmentation?
   A. Segmentation
   B. Linking
   C. Reallocation
   D. Swapping
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – A. Segmentation
   
   
3. The time taken by the disk arm to locate the specific address of a sector for getting information is called _____
   A. Search Time
   B. Response Time
   C. Seek Time
   D. All of these
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – C. Seek Time
   
   
4. The Removal of process from active convention of CPU and reintroduce them into memory later is known as _____
   A. Interrupt
   B. Swapping
   C. Signal
   D. Thread
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – A. Interrupt
   
   
5. Which of the following is a part of Process Control Block(PCB)?
   A. Run Time
   B. Access Time
   C. Response Time
   D. Random Time
   E. Process State
   
   Answer

   Ans – E. Process State
   
   
6. The kernel keeps track of the state of each task by using a data structure called
   A. Run Control Block
   B. Access Control Block
   C. Memory Control Block
   D. Process Control Block
   E. User Control Block
   
   Answer

   Ans – D. Process Control Block
   
   
7. Which of the following is a high-speed cache used to hold recently referenced page table entries a part of paged virtual memory?
   A. Translation Lookaside Buffer
   B. Inverse Page Table
   C. Segmented Page Table
   D. All of these
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – A. Translation Lookaside Buffer
   
   
8. Which of the following is used to solve producer consumer problem?
   A. Semaphores
   B. Event Counters
   C. Monitors
   D. All of these
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – D. All of these
   
   
9. The problem of fragmentation arises in ______
   A. Static storage Allocation
   B. Static Allocation Storage
   C. Heap Allocation
   D. Stack allocation
   E. None of these
   
   Answer

   Ans – C. Heap Allocation
   
   
10. A thread is a _____ process.
    A. Heavy-weight
    B. Multiprocess
    C. Interthread
    D. Light Weight
    E. None of these
    
    Answer

    Ans –D. Light Weight