CS604 Midterm Online Quiz

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CS604-Midterm

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An operating system is a control program that manages the execution of user programs to prevent errors and improper use of a computer.

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The address generated by the CPU, after any indexing or other addressing-mode arithmetic, is called a --------address, and the address it gets translated to by the MMU is called a ---------address.

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The Operating system is a layer of software between _________ and ___________.

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The major advantage of multi-programming system is

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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.

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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is

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Mkfifo() is a _______.

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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.

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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.

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The condition where a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held by another process in the set, is termed as ________.

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Preventing a condition of ________ to happen, deadlocks can be prevented to happen.  

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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except

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You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------

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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard input file is attached to the ___________

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A_____ is an abstract key for accessing a file.

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Cooperating processes never share any data, code, memory or state.

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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.

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In Layered approach of OS, Lowest Layer is known as ________.

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An absolute pathname starts with the root directory (/) and a relative pathname starts with your home directory.

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If the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock then it said to be in ______ state.

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You can display the contents (names of files and directories) of a directory in UNIX/Linux directory structure with the --------------- command.

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User Goal of OS is that It easy to use, reliable, safe and fast.

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___________ is used in real time operating systems.

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command displays the contents of current working directory.

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You can use the rm file1 command to __________ file1

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__________ commands in Linux is used to copy file

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n-process critical section problem can be solved by using

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___________ is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.

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The scheduling of ______ are done by the operating system.

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A condition where a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held by another process in the set is termed as ________.

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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------

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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.

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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.

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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.

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The process of holding at least one resource and waiting to acquire additional resources that are currently being held by other processes is known as________.  

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The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.

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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive

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Operating System provides services such as Managing Primary and Secondary Storage, Processes and Allowing user to manage his/her files and directories.

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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except

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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.

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The priorities of processes in the __________ group remain fixed.

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What do we name to an address that is loaded into the memory-address register of the memory?

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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.

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_____________ is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.

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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.

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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as .

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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.

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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.

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Which of the following is correct definition for wait operation?

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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.

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