1. Round robin scheduling is essentially the preemptive version of __________fsecond 1) FIFO 2) Shortest ob first !

) Shortest remaining ") #ongest time first Correct Answer: FIFO $hide% Marks: 1 2. & page fault occurs 1) 'hen the page is not in the memory 2) 'hen the page is in the memory !) 'hen the process enters the bloc(ed state ") 'hen the process is in the ready state Correct Answer: when the page is not Marks: in the 1 memory $hide % 3. )hich of the follo'ing 'ill determine your choice of systems soft'are for your computer * 1) Is the applications soft'are you 'ant to use compatible 'ith it * 2) Is it e+pensive * !) Is it compatible 'ith your hard'are * ") ,oth 1 and ! Correct Answer: Both 1 and 3 $hide% Marks: 1 4. #et S and - be t'o semaphores initiali.ed to 1/ 'here 01 and 01 processes the follo'ing statements 'ait2S)3'ait2-)3 4443 signal2S)3signal2-) and 'ait2-)3 'ait2S)34443signal2-)3signal2S)3 respectively. 5he above situation depicts a _________ . 1) Semaphore 2) 6eadloc( !) Signal ") Interrupt Correct Answer: Dead ock $hide%

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!. )hat is a shell * 1) It is a hard'are component 2) It is a command interpreter !) It is a part in compiler ") It is a tool in 708 scheduling Correct Answer: It is a command interpreter $hide%

". Routine is not loaded until it is called. &ll routines are (ept on dis( in a relocatable load format. 5he main program is loaded into memory 9 is e+ecuted. 5his type of loading is called _________ 1) Static loading 2) 6ynamic loading !) 6ynamic lin(ing ") Overlays Correct Answer: Dynamic inking $hide% Marks: 1 #. In the bloc(ed state 1) the processes 'aiting for I:O are found 2) the process 'hich is running is found !) the processes 'aiting for the processor are found ") none of the above Correct Answer: the processes Marks: waiting $or 1 I%O are $o&nd $hide % '. )hat is the memory from 1; 4 <"1; called * 1) =+tended >emory 2) ?ormal >emory !) #o' >emory ") 7onventional >emory Correct Answer: Con(entiona Memory $hide% ). @irtual memory is __________.

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1) &n e+tremely large main memory 2) &n e+tremely large secondary memory !) &n illusion of e+tremely large main memory ") & type of memory used in super computers. Correct Answer: An i &sion o$ e*treme y arge main memory $hide% 1+. 5he process related to process control/ file management/ device management/ information about system and communication that is reAuested by any higher level language can be performed by __________. 1) =ditors 2) 7ompilers !) System 7all ") 7aching Correct Answer: ,ystem Ca $hide% 11.

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If the 6is( head is located initially at !2/ find the number of dis( moves reAuired 'ith F7FS if the dis( Aueue of I:O bloc(s reAuests are BC/!D/1"/12"/<E/<D. 1) !11 2) !2" !) !1E ") !21 Correct Answer: 321 $hide% Marks: 1 12. >ultiprogramming systems ________. 1) &re easier to develop than single programming systems 2) =+ecute each ob faster !) =+ecute more obs in the same time ") &re used only on large main frame computers Correct Answer: -*ec&te Marks: more .o/s 1 in the same time $hide% 13. )hich is not the state of the process *

1) ,loc(ed 2) Running !) Ready ") 0rivileged Correct Answer: 0ri(i eged $hide% 14. 5he solution to 7ritical Section 0roblem is F >utual =+clusion/ 0rogress and ,ounded )aiting. 1) 5he statement is false 2) 5he statement is true. !) 5he statement is contradictory. ") ?one of the above Correct Answer: 1he statement is tr&e2 $hide% 1!. 5he problem of thrashing is effected scientifically by ________. 1) 0rogram structure 2) 0rogram si.e !) 0rimary storage si.e ") ?one of the above Correct Answer: 0rogram str&ct&re $hide%

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1". 5he state of a process after it encounters an I:O instruction is __________. 1) Ready 2) ,loc(ed:)aiting !) Idle ") Running Correct Answer: B ocked%3aiting $hide% 1#. 5he number of processes completed per unit time is (no'n as __________. 1) Output 2) 5hroughput !) =fficiency ") 7apacity Correct Answer: Marks: 1hro&ghp&t $hide 1

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% 1'. _________ is the situation in 'hich a process is 'aiting on another process/'hich is also 'aiting on another process ... 'hich is 'aiting on the first process. ?one of the processes involved in this circular 'ait are ma(ing progress. 1) 6eadloc( 2) Starvation !) 6ormant ") ?one of the above Correct Answer: Dead ock $hide% Marks: 1 1). )hich of the follo'ing file name e+tension suggests that the file is ,ac(up copy of another file * 1) 5G5 2) 7O> !) ,&S ") ,&; Correct Answer: BA4 $hide% 2+. )hich techniAue 'as introduced because a single ob could not (eep both the 708 and the I:O devices busy* 1) 5ime4sharing 2) S0OO#ing !) 0reemptive scheduling ") >ultiprogramming Correct Answer: M& tiprogramming $hide% 21. & critical region 1) is a piece of code 'hich only one process e+ecutes at a time 2) is a region prone to deadloc( !) is a piece of code 'hich only a finite number of processes e+ecute ") is found only in )indo's ?5 operation system Correct Answer: is a piece o$ code which Marks: 1 on y one process e*ec&tes at a time $hide% 22. 5he mechanism that bring a page into memory only 'hen it is

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needed is called _____________ 1) Segmentation 2) Fragmentation !) 6emand 0aging ") 0age Replacement Correct Answer: Marks: Demand 1 0aging $hide % 23. 07, H 1) 0rogram 7ontrol ,loc( 2) 0rocess 7ontrol ,loc( !) 0rocess 7ommunication ,loc( ") ?one of the above Correct Answer: 0rocess Contro B ock $hide% 24. FIFO scheduling is ________. 1) 0reemptive Scheduling 2) ?on 0reemptive Scheduling !) 6eadline Scheduling ") Fair share scheduling Correct Answer: 5on 0reempti(e ,ched& ing $hide% 2!. S'itching the 708 to another 0rocess reAuires to save state of the old process and loading ne' process state is called as __________. 1) 0rocess ,loc(ing 2) 7onte+t S'itch !) 5ime Sharing ") ?one of the above Correct Answer: Conte*t ,witch $hide% 2". )hich directory implementation is used in most Operating System* 1) Single level directory structure 2) 5'o level directory structure

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!) 5ree directory structure ") &cyclic directory structure Correct Answer: 1ree directory str&ct&re $hide% 2#. 5he ,an(erIs algorithm is used 1) to prevent deadloc( in operating systems 2) to detect deadloc( in operating systems !) to rectify a deadloc(ed state ") none of the above Correct Answer: to pre(ent Marks: dead ock in 1 operating systems $hide % 2'. & thread 1) is a light'eight process 'here the conte+t s'itching is lo' 2) is a light'eight process 'here the conte+t s'ithching is high !) is used to speed up paging ") none of the above Correct Answer: is a ightweight process where the conte*t switching is ow $hide% 2). ______ is a high level abstraction over Semaphore. 1) Shared memory 2) >essage passing !) >onitor ") >utual e+clusion Correct Answer: Monitor $hide% 3+.

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& tree sturctured file directory system 1) allo's easy storage and retrieval of file names 2) allo's easy storage and retrieval of file names !) is not essential 'hen 'e have millions of files ") none of the above Correct Answer: a ows easy storage and retrie(a o$ $i e names $hide%

1. 5he part of machine level instruction/ 'hich tells the central processor 'hat has to be done/ is &.Operation code ,.&ddress 7.#ocator 6.Flip4Flop =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2. )hich of the follo'ing refers to the associative memory* &.the address of the data is generated by the 708 ,.the address of the data is supplied by the users 7.there is no need for an address i.e. the data is used as an address 6.the data are accessed seAuentially =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C !. 5o avoid the race condition/ the number of processes that may be simultaneously inside their critical section is &.C ,.1 7.1< 6.1 =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

". & system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for e+ecution &.assembler ,.lin(ing loader 7.cross compiler 6.load and go =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: E. 0rocess is &.program in Jigh level language (ept on dis( ,.contents of main memory 7.a program in e+ecution 6.a ob in secondary memory =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: <. &ddressing structure &.defines the fundamental method of determining effective operand addresses are variations in the use of fundamental addressing structures/ or some associated ,. actions 'hich are related to addressing. performs indicated operations on t'o fast registers of the machine and leave the 7. result in one of the registers. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: D. 5he >emory ,uffer Register 2>,R) is a hard'are memory device 'hich denotes the location of the current instruction &. being e+ecuted.

is a group of electrical circuits 2hard'are)/ that performs the intent of instructions fetched from memory. 7.contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the >&R after a 6. KreadK or the ne' contents of the memory prior to a K'riteK. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation ,. Answer: Option D C. 5he strategy of allo'ing processes that are logically runnable to be temporarily suspended is called &.preemptive scheduling ,.non preemptive scheduling 7.shortest ob first 6.first come first served =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: B. 5he Storage4to4Storage instructions &.have both their operands in the main store. 'hich perform an operation on a register operand and an operand 'hich is located in ,. the main store/ generally leaving the result in the register/ e+pect in the case of store operation 'hen it is also 'ritten into the specified storage location. 'hich perform indicated operations on t'o fast registers of the machine and have 7. the result in one of the registers 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 11. 5he #R8 algorithm &.pages out pages that have been used recently ,.pages out pages that have not been used recently 7.pages out pages that have been least used recently 6.pages out the first page in a given area

=. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 11. )hich of the follo'ing systems soft'are does the ob of merging the records from t'o files into one* &.Security soft'are ,.8tility program 7.?et'or(ing soft'are 6.6ocumentation system =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B 12. For( is &.the dispatching of a tas( ,.the creation of a ne' ob 7.the creation of a ne' process 6.increasing the priority of a tas( =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C 1!. 5hrashing &.is a natural conseAuence of virtual memory systems ,.can al'ays be avoided by s'apping 7.al'ays occurs on large computers 6.can be caused by poor paging algorithms =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1". Supervisor state is &.never used

,.entered by programs 'hen they enter the processor 7.reAuired to perform any I:O 6.only allo'ed to the operating system =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1E. )hich of the follo'ing instruction steps/ 'ould be 'ritten 'ithin the diamond4 shaped bo+/ of a flo'chart* &.S H , 4 7 ,.IS &L11 7.0RI?5 & 6.6&5& G/"M =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 1<. & computer cannot KbootK if it does not have the &.7ompiler ,.#oader 7.Operating system 6.&ssembler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 1D. )hich of the follo'ing statements is false* the techniAue of storage compaction involves moving all occupied areas of storage &. to one end or other of main storage ,.compaction does not involve relocation of programs 7.compaction is also (no' as garbage collection 6.the system must stop everything 'hile it performs the compaction =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option B -*p anation: 1C. Interprocess communication &.is reAuired for all processes ,.is usually done via dis( drives 7.is never necessary/ 6.allo's processes to synchroni.e activity &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1B. )hich of the follo'ing functions is2are) performed by the loader allocate space in memory for the programs and resolve symbolic references &. bet'een ob ect dec(s ad ust all address dependent locations/ such as address constants/ to correspond to ,. the allocated space. 7.physically place the machine instructions and data into memory. 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 21. 8ser4Friendly Systems areF &.reAuired for ob ect4oriented programming ,.easy to develop 7.common among traditional mainframe operating systems 6.becoming more common =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation:

21. )hich of the follo'ing addressing modes/ facilitates access to an operand 'hose location is defined relative to the beginning of the data structure in 'hich it appears* &.ascending ,.sorting 7.inde+ 6.indirect =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C 22. )hile running 6OS on a 07/ 'hich command 'ould be used to duplicate the entire dis(ette* &.7O0N ,.6IS;7O0N 7.7J;6S; 6.5N0= =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 2!. >emory is a device that performs a seAuence of operations specified by instructions in &. memory. ,.is the device 'here information is stored 7.is a seAuence of instructions is typically characteri.ed by interactive processing and time4slicing of the 708Os 6. time to allo' Auic( response to each user. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 2". )hich of the follo'ing rules out the use of PO 5O* &.Flo'chart ,.JI0O46I&PR&>S 7.?assi4Shneiderman diagram

6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 2E. & system program that sets up an e+ecutable program in main memory ready for e+ecution is &.assembler ,.lin(er 7.loader 6.compiler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 2<. )hich of the follo'ing are loaded into main memory 'hen the computer is booted* &.internal command instructions ,.e+ternal command instructions 7.utility programs 6.'ord processing instructions =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 2D. 5he FIFO algorithm &.e+ecutes first the ob that last entered the Aueue ,.e+ecutes first the ob that first entered the Aueue 7.e+ecute first the ob that has been in the Aueue the longest 6.e+ecutes first the ob 'ith the least processor needs =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B

-*p anation: 2C. )hat is the name given to the organi.ed collection of soft'are that controls the overall operation of a computer* &.)or(ing system ,.0eripheral system 7.Operating system 6.7ontrolling system =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 2B. 5he principal of locality of reference ustifies the use of &.reenterable ,.non reusable 7.virtual memory 6.cache memory =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: !1. 5he register or main memory location 'hich contains the effective address of the operand is (no'n as &.pointer ,.inde+ed register 7.special location 6.scratch pad =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation:

!1. &ssembly code data base is associated 'ith assembly language version of the program 'hich is created by the code generation &. phase and is input to the assembly phase. a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching 'ith the ,. uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure. consists of a full or partial list or the to(enOs as they appear in the program. 7reated 7. by #e+ical analysis and used for synta+ analysis and interpretation. a permanent table 'hich lists all (ey 'ords and special symbols of the language in 6. symbolic form. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: !2. 5hrashing can be avoided if &.the pages/ belonging to the 'or(ing set of the programs/ are in main memory ,.the speed of 708 is increased 7.the speed of I:O processor is increased 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: !!. In analy.ing the compilation of 0#:I program/ the term K#e+ical analysisK is associated 'ith &.recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions. ,.recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols 7.creation of more optional matri+. 6.use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

!". Resolution of e+ternally defined symbols is performed by &.#in(er ,.#oader 7.7ompiler 6.&ssembler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: !E. System generationF &.is al'ays Auite simple ,.is al'ays very difficult 7.varies in difficulty bet'een systems 6.reAuires e+tensive tools to be understandable =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: !<. 5he >emory &ddress Register is a hard'are memory device 'hich denotes the location of the current instruction &. being e+ecuted. is a group of electrical circuits 2hard'are)/ that performs the intent of instructions ,. fetched from memory. 7.contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the >&R after a 6. KreadK or the ne' contents of the memory prior to a K'riteK. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: !D. In virtual memory systems/ 6ynamic address translation

&.is the hard'are necessary to implement paging ,.stores pages at a specific location on dis( 7.is useless 'hen s'apping is used 6.is part of the operating system paging algorithm =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: !C. Fragmentation of the file system &.occurs only if the file system is used improperly ,.can al'ays be prevented 7.can be temporarily removed by compaction 6.is a characteristic of all file systems =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: !B. & non4relocatable program is one 'hich cannot be made to e+ecute in any area of storage other than the one designated for &. it at the time of its coding or translation. ,.consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation. 7.can itself performs the relocation of its address4sensitive portions. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: "1. )hich of the follo'ing are2is) #anguage 0rocessor2s) &.assembles ,.compilers 7.interpreters 6.&ll of the above

=. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "1. In 'hich addressing mode the effective address of the operand is the contents of a register specified in the instruction and after accessing the operand/ the contents of this register is incremented to point to the ne+t item in the list* &.inde+ addressing ,.indirect addressing 7.auto increment 6.auto decrement =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 5he memory allocation scheme sub ect to Ke+ternalK fragmentation is &.segmentation ,.s'apping 7.pure demand paging 6.multiple contiguous fi+ed partitions =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option & -*p anation: "!. )hile 'or(ing 'ith >S46OS/ 'hich command 'ill you use to transfer a specific file from one dis( to another* &.6IS;7O0N ,.7O0N 7.R=?&>= 6.FOR>&5 =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

"E. In 'hich addressing mode the contents of a register specified in the instruction are first decremented/ and then these contents are used as the effective address of the operands* &.inde+ addressing ,.indirect addressing 7.auto increment 6.auto decrement =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "<. )hat is the name given to the values that are automatically provided by soft'are to reduce (eystro(es and improve a computer userOs productivity* &.6efined values ,.Fi+ed values 7.6efault values 6.Special values =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: "D. 0age stealing &.is a sign of an efficient system ,.is ta(ing page frames from other 'or(ing sets 7.should be the tuning goal 6.is ta(ing larger dis( spaces for pages paged out =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

"C. In >S46OS E.1/ 'hich is the number that acts as a code to uniAuely identify the soft'are product* &.>S ,.6OS 7.>S 6OS 6.E.1 =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "B. ,ug means &.& logical error in a program ,.& difficult synta+ error in a program 7.6ocumenting programs using an efficient documentation tool 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: >emory management is F &.not used in modern operating system ,.replaced 'ith virtual memory on current systems 7.not used on multiprogramming systems 6.critical for even the simplest operating systems =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option 6 -*p anation: 1. 5he initial value of the semaphore that allo's only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections/ is &.C ,.1 7.1< 6.1 =. ?one of the above

&ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 2. 5he Register 4 to 4 Register 2RR) instructions &.have both their operands in the main store. 'hich perform an operation on a register operand and an operand 'hich is located in ,. the main store/ generally leaving the result in the register/ e+cept in the case of store operation 'hen it is also 'ritten into the specified storage location. 'hich perform indicated operations on t'o fast registers of the machine and leave 7. the result in one of the registers. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: !. & page fault &.is an error is a specific page ,.occurs 'hen a program accesses a page of memory 7.is an access to a page not currently in memory 6.is a reference to a page belonging to another program =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ". &n algorithm is best described as &.& computer language ,.& step by step procedure for solving a problem 7.& branch of mathematics 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option B -*p anation: E. 5he process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a dis( 2or intermediate store) so that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bul(/ is (no'n as &.multiprogramming ,.spooling 7.caching 6.virtual programming =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: <. ,loc( caches or buffer caches are used &.to improve dis( performance ,.to handle interrupts 7.to increase the capacity of the main memory 6.to speed up main memory read operation =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: D. )hich of the follo'ing statements is false* &.a small page si.e causes large page tables ,.internal fragmentation is increased 'ith small pages a large page si.e causes instructions and data that 'ill not be referenced brought into 7. primary storage 6.I:O transfers are more efficient 'ith large pages =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B

-*p anation: C. 5he action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is (no'n as &.synta+ analysis ,.le+ical analysis 7.interpretation analysis 6.general synta+ analysis =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: B. )hich/ of the follo'ing is not true about the description of a decision table* &.& decision table is easy to modify ,.& decision table is directly understood by the computer 7.& decision table is easy to understand 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 11. 5ro an4Jorse programs &.are legitimate programs that allo' unauthori.ed access ,.do not usually 'or( 7.are hidden programs that do not sho' up on the system 6.usually are immediately discovered =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation:

11. )hen did I,> release the first version of dis( operating system 6OS version 1.1* &.1BC1 ,.1BC2 7.1BC! 6.1BC" =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 12. )hich of the follo'ing is false about dis( 'hen compared to main memory* &.non4volatile ,.longer storage capacity 7.lo'er price per bit 6.faster =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1!. 0roducer consumer problem can be solved using &.semaphores ,.event counters 7.monitors 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1". >ost of the microcomputerOs operating systems li(e &pple 6OS/ >S 6OS and 07 6OS etc. are called dis( operating systems because &.they are memory resident ,.they are initially stored on dis( 7.they are available on magnetic tapes

6.they are partly in primary memory and partly on dis( =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 1E. 5he 708/ after receiving an interrupt from an I:O device &.halts for a predetermined time ,.hands over control of address bus and data bus to the interrupting device 7.branches off to the interrupt service routine immediately branches off to the interrupt service routine after completion of the current 6. instruction =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1<. See(s analysis &.is used for analy.ing paging problems ,.is used for analy.ing device busy problems 7.is used for analy.ing control4unit busy problems 6.is only sho'n on real4time displays =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 1D. )hich is a permanent database in the general model of compiler* &.#iteral 5able ,.Identifier 5able 7.5erminal 5able 6.Source code =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option C -*p anation: 1C. )hat is the name of the techniAue in 'hich the operating system of a computer e+ecutes several programs concurrently by s'itching bac( and forth bet'een them* &.0artitioning ,.>ultitas(ing 7.)indo'ing 6.0aging =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B 1B. Operating system &.lin(s a program 'ith the subroutines it references ,.provides a layered/ user4friendly interface 7.enables the programmer to dra' a flo'chart 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 21. Soft'are that measures/ monitors/ analy.es/ and controls real4'orld events is calledF &.system soft'are ,.real4time soft'are 7.scientific soft'are 6.business soft'are =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

21. 5he details of all e+ternal symbols and relocation formation 2relocation list or map) is provided to lin(er by &.>acro processor ,.5ranslator 7.#oader 6.=ditor =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 22. 5he macro processor must perform &.recogni.e macro definitions and macro calls ,.save the macro definitions 7.e+pand macros calls and substitute arguments 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 2!. & development strategy 'hereby the e+ecutive control modules of a system are coded and tested first/ is (no'n as &.,ottom4up development ,.5op4do'n development 7.#eft4Right development 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 2". )hich of the follo'ing is helpful in evaluating applications soft'are 'hat 'ill best suit your needs*

&.recommendations by other users ,.computer maga.ines 7.ob ective soft'are revie's 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 2E. )hat problem is solved by 6i (straOs ban(erOs algorithm* &.mutual e+clusion ,.deadloc( recovery 7.deadloc( avoidance 6.cache coherence =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 5he ,an(erOs algorithm is a resource allocation 9 deadloc( avoidance algorithm developed by =dsger 6i (stra that tests for safety by simulating the allocation of pre4 determined ma+imum possible amounts of all resources/ and then ma(es a Ksafe4 stateK chec( to test for possible deadloc( conditions for all other pending activities/ before deciding 'hether allocation should be allo'ed to continue. 2<. 5he dispatcher &.actually schedules the tas(s into the processor ,.puts tas(s in I:O 'ait 7.is al'ays small and simple 6.never changes tas( priorities =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 2D. System programs such as 7ompilers are designed so that they are &.reenterable

,.non reusable 7.serially usable 6.recursive =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A 2C. I,> released its first 07 in 1BC1. 7an you name the operating system 'hich 'as most popular at that time* &.>S46OS ,.0746OS 7.OS:!<1 6.70:> =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D 2B. If the number of bits in a virtual address of a program is 12 and the page si.e is 1.E ; bytes/ the number of pages in the virtual address space is &.1< ,.!2 7.<" 6.12C =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: !1. )hich table is a permanent database that has an entry for each terminal symbol. &.5erminal table ,.#iteral table 7.Identifier table 6.Reductions =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation:

!1. 5he function2s) of the Synta+ phase is2are) to recogni.e the ma or constructs of the language and to call the appropriate action &. routines that 'ill generate the intermediate form or matri+ for these constructs. ,.to build a literal table and an identifier table 7.to build a uniform symbol table 6.to parse the source program into the basic elements or to(ens of the language. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !2. S'apping &.'or(s best 'ith many small partitions ,.allo's many programs to use memory simultaneously 7.allo's each program in turn to use the memory 6.does not 'or( 'ith overlaying =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !!. & dis( scheduling algorithm in an operating system causes the dis( arm to move bac( and forth across the dis( surface in order to service all reAuests in its path. 5his is a &.First come first served ,.Shortest See( 5ime First 2SS5=) 7.Scan 6.FIFO =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C

-*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !". & translator is best described as &.an application soft'are ,.a system soft'are 7.a hard'are component 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !E. 6ata encryption &.is mostly used by public net'or(s ,.is mostly used by financial net'or(s 7.cannot be used by private installations 6.is not necessary/ since data cannot be intercepted =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: !<. )hat is the name given to the process of initiali.ing a microcomputer 'ith its operating system* &.7old booting ,.,ooting 7.)arm booting 6.,oot recording =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !D. 5he function2s) of the Storage &ssignment is 2are) &.to assign storage to all variables referenced in the source program. to assign storage to all temporary locations that are necessary for intermediate ,. results. to assign storage to literals/ and to ensure that the storage is allocate and 7. appropriate locations are initiali.ed. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !C. & 0rocessor is a device that performs a seAuence of operations specified by instructions in &. memory. ,.is the device 'here information is stored 7.is a seAuence of instructions is typically characteri.ed by interactive processing and time of the 708Os time to 6. allo' Auic( response to each user. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !B. )ith >S46OS 'hich command 'ill divide the surface of the blan( floppy dis( into

sectors and assign a uniAue address to each one* &.FOR>&5 command ,.F&5 command 7.@=R command 6.7J;6S; command =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "1. >ultiprogramming is a method of memory allocation by 'hich the program is subdivided into eAual &. portions/ or pages and core is subdivided into eAual portions or bloc(s. consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during e+ecution ,. of a computation. 7.is a method of allocating processor time. 6.allo's multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "1. & translator 'hich reads an entire programme 'ritten in a high level language and converts it into machine language code isF &.assembler ,.translator 7.compiler 6.system soft'are =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation:

?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "2. 5he advantage2s) inherent to using high level languages is 2are) &.Fe'er people/ less management and shorter transition in learning time ,.Improved debugging capability/ and superior documentation 7.& greater degree of machine independence 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "!. &ddressing modes &.defines the fundamental method of determining effective operand addresses are variations in the use of fundamental addressing structures/ or some associated ,. actions 'hich are related to addressing. performs indicated operations on t'o fast registers of the machine and leave the 7. result in one of the registers. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "". In 'hich 'ay2s) a macro processor for assembly language can be implementedF &.independent t'o4pass processor ,.independent one4pass processor 7.processor incorporated into pass 1 of a standard t'o4pass assembler 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "E. )hich of the follo'ing is a type of systems soft'are used on microcomputers* &.>S46OS ,.0746OS 7.8ni+ 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "<. 5he 'or(ing set theory of programming behaviour of processes running 'ithin an operating system involves &.the collection of pages that a process accesses ,.dis( scheduling mechanisms 7.coalescing holes in memory 6.assigning the 708 to processes =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "D. Operating system is &.& collection of hard'are components ,.& collection of input4output devices 7.& collection of soft'are routines 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "C. & file organi.ation component of a @S&> file isF &.relative record data set ,.(eyed seAuential data set 7.entry seAuential data set 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "B. )hat is the name given to the soft'are 'hich can be legally compiled and often used for free* &.Share'are program ,.0ublic domain program 7.Firm'are program 6.>ind'are =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum E1. 5he SQF algorithm e+ecutes first the ob &.that last entered the Aueue ,.that first entered the Aueue 7.that has been in the Aueue the longest

6.'ith the least processor needs =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1. In 'hich of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the largest available hole in the main memory* &.best fit ,.first fit 7.'orst fit 6.buddy =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2. )hich of the follo'ing is a bloc( device &.mouse ,.printer 7.terminals 6.dis( =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !. 5he problem of thrashing is affected significantly byF &.program structure ,.program si.e

7.primary4storage si.e 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum ". )hich of the follo'ing soft'are types is used to simplify using systems soft'are* &.spreadsheet ,.operating environment 7.timesharing 6.multitas(ing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum E. &dvantage2s) of using assembly language rather than machine language is 2are)F &.It is mnemonic and easy to read. ,.&ddresses any symbolic/ not absolute 7.Introduction of data to program is easier 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: <. )hich of the follo'ing is not true about the memory management* &.virtual memory is used only in multi4user systems ,.segmentation suffers from e+ternal fragmentation

7.paging suffers from internal fragmentation 6.segmented memory can be paged =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum D. Qob 7ontrol #anguage 2Q7#) statements are used to &.Read the input from the slo'4speed card reader to the high4speed magnetic dis( ,.Specify/ to the operating system/ the beginning and end of a ob in a batch 7.&llocate the 708 to a ob 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum C. 0aging is a method of memory allocation by 'hich the program is subdivided into eAual &. portions/ or pages and core is subdivided into eAual portions or bloc(s. consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during e+ecution of ,. a computation. 7.is a method of allocating processor time. 6.allo's multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum

B. )hich of the follo'ing is not true about documentation* &.6ocumentation/ of a system/ should be as clear and direct as possible ,.6ocumentation increases the maintenance time and cost 7.6ocumentation gives better understanding of the problem 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 11. 5he system:!D1 assembler language allo's the programmer to 'rite base registers and displacements e+plicitly in the &. source program. is used to remember 'hich of the general4purpose registers are currently available ,. as base registers/ and 'hat base addresses they contain. 7.allo's multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time. 6.is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 11. Scheduling is &.allo'ing obs to use the processor ,.unrelated to performance consideration 7.not reAuired in uniprocessor systems 6.the same regard4less of the purpose of the system =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss.

@ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 12. )hich of the follo'ing statements is not true. &.time sharing is an e+ample of multiprogramming ,.Q7# is used only to communicate bet'een systems programmers 7.a batch file contains a series of operating system commands the primary function of operating systems is to ma(e the computer hard'are easily 6. usable. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1!. )hat scheduling algorithm allo's processes that are logical runnable to be temporarily suspended* &.preemptive scheduling ,.non4preemptive scheduling 7.FIFO 6.F7FS =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1". In an absolute loading scheme/ 'hich loader function is accomplished by loader &.Reallocation ,.&llocation 7.#in(ing 6.#oading =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D

-*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1E. 5he computational techniAue used to compute the dis( storage address of individual records is calledF &.bubble memory ,.(ey fielding 7.dynamic reallocation 6.hashing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 1<. For ho' many processes 'hich are sharing common data/ the 6e((erOs algorithm implements mutual e+clusion* &.1 ,.2 7.! 6." =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1D. 5he file structure that redefines its first record at a base of .ero uses the termF &.relative organi.ation ,.(ey fielding 7.dynamic reallocation 6.hashing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1C. )hat is the name given to all the programs inside the computer 'ith ma(es it usable* &.&pplication soft'are ,.System soft'are 7.Firm 'are 6.Share'are =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1B. Semaphores &.synchroni.e critical resources to prevent deadloc( ,.synchroni.e critical resources to prevent contention 7.are used to do I:O 6.are used for memory management =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 21. 5he advantage2s) of incorporating the macro processor into pass 1 is2are)F &.many functions do not have to be implemented t'ice. Functions are combined and it is not necessary to create intermediate files as output ,. from the macros processor and input to the assembler. 7.more fle+ibility is available to the programmer in that he may use all the features of

the assembler in con unction 'ith macros. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 21. In analy.ing the compilation of 0#:I program/ the description Kcreation of more optimal matri+K is associated 'ith &.&ssembly and output ,.7ode generation 7.Synta+ analysis 6.>achine independent optimi.ation =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 22. In memory systems/ boundary registers &.are used for temporary program variable storage ,.are only necessary 'ith fi+ed partitions 7.trac( page boundaries 6.trac( the beginning and ending of programs =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2!. )hich of the follo'ing is true for machine language. &.Repeated e+ecution of program segments ,.6epicting flo' of data in a system

7.& seAuence of instructions 'hich/ 'hen follo'ed properly/ solves a problem the language 'hich communicates 'ith the computer using only the binary digits 1 6. and 1. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2". )hich of the follo'ing is not applications soft'are* &.)ord processing ,.Spreadsheet 7.8?IG 6.6es(top publishing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2E. Scissoring enables &.a part of data to be displayed ,.entire data to be displayed 7.full data display on full area of screen 6.no data to be displayed =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 2<. & relocate program form is one 'hich cannot be made to e+ecute in any area of storage other than the one designated for &. it at the time of its coding or translation.

,.consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation. 7.can itself performs the relocation of its address4sensitive portions. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2D. If you 'ant to e+ecute more than one program at a time/ the systems soft'are you are using must be capable ofF &.'ord processing ,.virtual memory 7.compiling 6.multitas(ing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2C. In analy.ing the compilation of 0#:I program/ the description Kresolving symbolic address 2labels) and generating machine languageK is associated 'ith &.&ssembly and output ,.7ode generation 7.Storage assignment 6.Synta+ analysis =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss.

@ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2B. Round4robin scheduling &.allo's interactive tas(s Auic(er access to the processor ,.is Auite comple+ to implement 7.gives each tas( the same chance at the processor 6.allo's processor4bound tas(s more time in the processor =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !1. )hat is the name of the system 'hich deals 'ith the running of the actual computer and not 'ith the programming problems* &.Operating system ,.Systems program 7.Ob ect program 6.Source program =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: !1. )hat is the initial value of the semaphore to allo' only one of the many processes to enter their critical section* &.C ,.1 7.1< 6.1 =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !2. Four necessary conditions for deadloc( to e+ist areF mutual e+clusion/ no4preemption/ circular 'ait and &.hold and 'ait ,.deadloc( avoidance 7.race around condition 6.buffer overflo' =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !!. If you do not (no' 'hich version of >S46OS you are 'or(ing 'ith/ 'hich command 'ill you use after having booted your operating system* &.FOR>&5 command ,.6IR command 7.@=R command 6.6IS; command =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !". & partitioned data set is most used for &.a program or source library ,.storing program data 7.storing bac(up information 6.storing IS&> files =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !E. 0age4map table is &.& data file ,.& directory 7.8sed for address translation 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: !<. 5he main function of the dispatcher 2the portion of the process scheduler) is &.s'apping a process to the dis( ,.assigning ready process to the 708 7.suspending some of the processes 'hen the 708 load is high 6.bring processes from the dis( to the main memory =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !D. 5he errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are &.Synta+ errors ,.Semantic errors 7.#ogical errors 6.Internal errors =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !C. )hen a computer is first turned on or restarted/ a special type of absolute loader is e+ecuted/ called a &.K7ompile and PoK loader ,.,oot loader 7.,ootstrap loader 6.Relating loader =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !B. )hich/ of the follo'ing chec(s/ cannot be carried out on the input data to a system* &.consistency chec( ,.Synta+ chec( 7.Range chec( 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "1. & program that converts a high4level language program to a set of instructions that can run on a computer is called a &.7ompiler ,.6ebugger

7.=ditor 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: "1. )hich of the follo'ing is characteristic of an operating system* &.resource management ,.error recovery 7.memory management 6.&ll the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "2. In >S46OS/ relocatable ob ect files and load modules have e+tensions &..O,Q and .7O> or .=G=/ respectively ,..7O> and .O,Q/ respectively 7..=G= and .O,Q/ respectively 6..6&S and .=G=/ respectively =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "!. 5he state transition initiated by the user process itself in an operating system is &.bloc( ,.dispatch 7.'a(e up

6.timer run out =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "". )hich of the follo'ing program is not a utility* &.6ebugger ,.=ditor 7.Spooler 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "E. 5he function2s) of file system is 2are)F to provide complete file naming freedom to the users and to permit controlled &. sharing of files to provide for long and short term storage of files 'ith appropriate economic ,. tradeoffs. 7.to provide security against loss of information due to system failure 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "<. & public (ey encryption system &.allo's anyone to decode the transmission ,.allo's only the correct sender to decode the data

7.allo's only the correct receiver to decode the data 6.does not encode the data before transmitting it =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "D. Feed bac( Aueue &.are very easy to implement ,.dispatch tas(s according to e+ecution characteristics 7.are used to favor real4time tas(s 6.reAuire manual intervention to implement properly =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "C. In 'hich addressing mode the operand is given e+plicitly in the instruction* &.absolute mode ,.immediate mode 7.indirect mode 6.inde+ mode =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "B. 5he techniAue/ for sharing the time of a computer among several obs. )hich

s'itches obs so rapidly such that each ob appears to have the computer to itselfF &.time sharing ,.time out 7.time domain 6.FIFO =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 1. 7apacity planning &.reAuires detailed system performance information ,.is independent of the operating system 7.does not depend on the monitoring tools available 6.is not needed in small installations =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2. 0oor response times are caused by &.0rocessor busy ,.Jigh I:O rate 7.Jigh paging rates 6.&ny of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum

!. #in( encryption &.is more secure than end4to4end encryption ,.is less secure than end4to4end encryption 7.can not be used in a public net'or( 6.is used only to debug =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum ". & form of code that uses more than one process and processor/ possibly of different type/ and that may on occasions have more than one process or processor active at the same time/ is (no'n as &.multiprogramming ,.multi threading 7.broadcasting 6.time sharing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum E. 5he table created by le+ical analysis to describe all literals used in the source program/ is &.5erminal table ,.#iteral table 7.Identifier table 6.Reductions =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B

-*p anation: <. 5he term OpollingO in a computer means a process by 'hich a computer system &.detects:corrects errors ,.multiple+es the inputs and updates the memory accordingly 7.decides correct alternative by analysing several ones 6.inAuires to see if a terminal has any transaction to send =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum D. In 'hich addressing mode/ the address of the location of the operand is given e+plicitly as a part of the instruction. &.absolute mode ,.immediate mode 7.inde+ mode 6.modulus mode =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum C. 8nder virtual storage/ &.a single program is processed by t'o or more 708s ,.t'o or more programs are stored concurrently in primary storage 7.only the active pages of a program are stored in primary storage 6.interprogram interference may occur =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum B. & base register table allo's the programmer to 'rite base registers and displacements e+plicitly in the &. source program. is used to remember 'hich of the general4purpose registers are currently available as ,. base registers/ and 'hat base addresses they contain. 7.allo's multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the same time. 6.is a term that refers to the control programs of an operating system. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 11. File record length &.should al'ays be fi+ed ,.Should al'ays be variable 7.depends upon the si.e of the file 6.should be chosen to match the data characteristics =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: 11. & relationship bet'een processes such that each has some part 2critical section) 'hich must not be e+ecuted 'hile the critical section of another is being e+ecuted/ is (no'n as &.semaphore ,.mutual e+clusion 7.multiprogramming

6.multitas(ing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 12. )hat is the name of the operating system 'hich 'as originally designed by scientists and engineers for use by scientists and engineers* &.G=?IG ,.8?IG 7.OS:2 6.>S 6OS =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1!. 5he most common security failure is &.carelessness by users ,.depending on pass'ords 7.too much emphasis on preventing physical access 6.insufficient technology used to prevent breaches =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1". 5erminal 5able

&.contains all constants in the program a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching 'ith the ,. uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure. consists of a full or partial list of the to(enOs as they appear in the program. 7reated 7. by #e+ical analysis and used for synta+ analysis and interpretation a permanent table 'hich lists all (ey 'ords and special symbols of the language in 6. symbolic form. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1E. ,loc( or buffer caches are used &.to improve dis( performance ,.to handle interrupts 7.to increase the capacity of main memory 6.to speed up main memory read operation =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: 1<. 5he practice of KbundlingK refers to &.selling computers alone ,.selling peripheral devices 'ith computer 7.selling soft'are to run on computers 6.giving a'ay soft'are 'ith a computer purchase =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum

1D. Special soft'are to create a ob Aueue is called a &.6rive ,.Spooler 7.Interpreter 6.#in(age editor =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1C. &ll the time a computer is s'itched on/ its operating system soft'are has to stay in &.main storage ,.primary storage 7.floppy dis( 6.dis( drive =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1B. 7an you name of the ma or Operating System used in computers* &.>S 6OS ,.OS:2 7.8?IG 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation:

?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 21. )hich of the follo'ing is not an advantage of multiprogramming* &.increased throughput ,.shorter response time 7.decreased operating4system overhead 6.ability to assign priorities to obs =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 21. @irtual >emory is a method of memory allocation by 'hich the program is subdivided into eAual &. portions/ or pages and core is subdivided into eAual portions or bloc(s. consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during e+ecution ,. of a computation. 7.is a method of allocating processor time. 6.allo's multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 22. In a magnetic dis(/ data is recorded in a set of concentric trac(s 'hich are subdivided into &.periods ,.sectors 7..ones 6.groups =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2!. 5he total time to prepare a dis( drive mechanism for a bloc( of data to be read from it is &.latency ,.latency plus transmission time 7.latency plus see( time 6.latency plus see( time plus transmission time =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2". 0art of a program 'here the shared memory is accessed and 'hich should be e+ecuted invisibly/ is called &.semaphores ,.directory 7.critical section 6.mutual e+clusion =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2E. Indicate 'hich/ of the follo'ing/ is not true about ?assi4Shneiderman charts &.5hese charts are type of graphical design tool ,.5hese charts cannot represent 7&S= constructs

7.5hese charts can represent three fundamental control structures 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 2<. )hat is the name of the operating system that reads and reacts in terms of actual time. &.,atch system ,.-uic( response system 7.Real time system 6.5ime sharing system =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2D. &n incremental bac(up &.should be done each month ,.uses more tapes 7.saves all files 6.saves only files that have recently changed =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2C. 5he po'erful te+t editor called 074)rite can be used by anybody by paying a small fee. Such programs are called &.Soft'are ,.Share'are

7.Firm'are 6.>ind'are =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2B. 5he disadvantages of K7ompile and PoK loading scheme is 2are)F a portion of memory is 'asted because the core occupied by the assembler is &. unavailable to the ob ect program. ,.it is necessary to retranslate the userOs program dec( every time it is run. it is very difficult to handle multiple segments/ especially if the source programs 7. are in different languages/ and to produce orderly modular programs. 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !1. 5he operating system of a computer serves as a soft'are interface bet'een the user and &.hard'are ,.peripheral 7.memory 6.screen =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation:

!1. )hich of the follo'ing statement is true. &.5he #R8 algorithm pages out pages that have been used recently ,.5hrashing is a natural conseAuence of virtual memory systems. 7.See( analysis is used for analysing control4unit busy problems. 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !2. )hich of the follo'ing is a phase of a compilation process &.#e+ical analysis ,.7ode generation 7.,oth of the above 6.Static analysis =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !!. )hich are the most important features of >icrosoft )indo's program* &.)indo's ,.0ull4do'n menus 7.Icons 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation:

?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !". )hich of the follo'ing system program forgoes the production of ob ect code to generate absolute machine code and load it into the physical main storage location from 'hich it 'ill be e+ecuted immediately upon completion of the assembly* &.t'o pass assembler ,.load4and4go assembler 7.macroprocessor 6.compiler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !E. @irtual memory is &.simple to implement ,.used in all ma or commercial operating systems 7.less efficient in utili.ation of memory 6.useful 'hen fast I:O devices are not available =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: !<. Ob ect code &.is ready to e+ecute ,.is the output of compilers/ but not assemblers 7.must be KloadedK before e+ecution 6.must be re'ritten before e+ecution =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C

-*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !D. 5he term Koperating systemK means &.a set of programs 'hich controls computer 'or(ing ,.the 'ay a computer operator 'or(s 7.conversion of high level language into machine code 6.the 'ay a floppy dis( drive operates =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !C. )hich of the follo'ing might be used to convert high4level language instructions into machine language* &.system soft'are ,.applications soft'are 7.an operating environment 6.an interpreter =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !B. Indicate 'hich is a pre4emptive scheduling algorithm &.Round4robin ,.Shortest4 ob4ne+t 7.0riority4based 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above

&ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "1. )hich of the follo'ing/ is necessary to 'or( on a computer &.7ompiler ,.Operating system 7.&ssembly 6.Interpreter of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: "1. &ccess time is the highest in the case of &.floppy dis( ,.cache 7.s'apping devices 6.magnetic dis( =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "2. )hich of the follo'ing is not a characteristic of a daisy chaining priority control scheme* &.priority is programmable ,.it is relatively easy to add more devices to the chain 7.the failure of one device may affect other devices on the chain 6.the number of control lines is independent of the number of devices on the chain

=. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "!. &ssembler is &.a program that places programs into memory and prepares them for e+ecution. a program that automate the translation of assembly language into machine ,. language. a program that accepts a program 'ritten in a high level language and produces an 7. ob ect program. is a program that appears to e+ecute a source program as if it 'ere machine 6. language. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "". Indicate 'hich/ of the follo'ing/ in not true about an interpreter &.Interpreter generates an ob ect program from the source program ,.Interpreter is a (ind of translator 7.Interpreter analyses each source statement every time it is to be e+ecuted 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum

"E. Ob ect modules generated by assemblers that contain unresolved e+ternal references are resolved for t'o or more ob ect modules by a:an &.operating system ,.loader 7.lin(er 6.compiler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: "<. 5he advantage of a command processor running only built4in commands isF fle+ibility to the users in running lists of commands by simply collecting them in &. named batch command files ,.the command set being common across different hard'are configurations 7.users can create system programs and run them as commands the processing is much faster than 'ould other4'ise be the case 'hen user defined 6. commands are used =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "D. 8nder multiprograming/ turnaround time for short obs is usually _____ and that for long obs is slightly _____. &.lengthened3 shortened ,.shortened3 lengthened 7.shortened3 shortened 6.lengthened3 lengthened =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation:

?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "C. 5he most common systems security method is &.pass'ords ,.encryption 7.fire'all 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "B. 5'o basic types of operating systems areF &.seAuential and direct ,.batch and timesharing 7.seAuential and realtime 6.batch and interactive. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum E1. 6aisy chain is a device for &.connecting a number of controllers to a device ,.connecting a number of devices to a controller 7.interconnecting a number of devices to a number of controllers 6.all of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option B -*p anation: 1. In analy.ing the compilation of 0#:I program/ the term K>achine independent optimi.ationK is associated 'ith &.recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions. ,.recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols. 7.creation of more optional matri+. 6.use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2. &n instruction in a programming language that is replaced by a seAuence of instructions prior to assembly or compiling is (no'n as &.procedure name ,.macro 7.label 6.literal =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !. & program is a device that performs a seAuence of operations specified by instructions in &. memory. ,.is the device 'here information is stored 7.is a seAuence of instructions

is typically characteri.ed by interactive processing and time of the 708Os time to allo' Auic( response to each user. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation 6. Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum ". & self4relocating program is one 'hich cannot be made to e+ecute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it &. at the time of its coding or translation. ,.consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation. 7.can itself performs the relocation of its address4sensitive portions. 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum E. ,an(erOs algorithm for resource allocation deals 'ith &.deadloc( prevention ,.deadloc( avoidance 7.deadloc( recovery 6.mutual e+clusion =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: <. & seAuence of instructions/ in a computer language/ to get the desired result/ is (no'n as &.&lgorithm

,.6ecision 5able 7.0rogram 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum D. )hich/ of the follo'ing/ is true for testing and debugging* 5esting chec(s for logical errors in the programs/ 'hile debugging is a process of &. correcting those errors in the program 5esting detects the synta+ errors in the program 'hile debugging corrects those ,. errors in the program 7.5esting and debugging indicate the same thing 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum C. Information in a memory that is no longer valid or 'anted is (no'n as &.non4volatile ,.volatile 7.surplus 6.garbage =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss.

@ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum B. )hich of the follo'ing filename e+tension suggests that the file is a bac(up copy of another file* &.5G5 ,.7O> 7.,&S 6.,&; =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 11. Relocation bits used by relocating loader are specified 2generated) by &.Relocating loader itself ,.#in(er 7.&ssembler or translator 6.>acro processor =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 11. )hich of the follo'ing statements is false* a process scheduling algorithm is preemptive if the 708 can be forcibly removed &. from a process ,.time sharing systems generally use preemptive 708 scheduling response time are more predictable in preemptive systems than in non preemptive 7. systems 6.real time systems generally use non4preemptive 708 scheduling =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D

-*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 12. ?onmodifiable procedures are called &.serially usable procedures ,.concurrent procedures 7.reentrant procedures 6.topdo'n procedures =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1!. 5he instruction register is a hard'are memory device 'hich denotes the location of the current instruction &. being e+ecuted. is a group of electrical circuits 2hard'are)/ that performs the intent of instructions ,. fetched from memory. 7.contains the address of the memory location that is to be read from or stored into. contains a copy of the designated memory location specified by the >&R after a 6. KreadK or the ne' contents of the memory prior to a K'riteK. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1". )hich of the follo'ing scheduling ob ectives should be applied to the follo'ingF the system should admit obs to create a mi+ that 'ill (eep most devices busy &.to be fair ,.to balance resource utili.ation

7.to obey priorities 6.to be predictable =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1E. >ultiprogramming systemsF &.are easier to develop than single programming system ,.e+ecute each ob faster 7.e+ecute more obs in the same time period 6.are used only on large mainframe computers =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: 1<. ,ac(ups should be done &.daily for most installations ,.'ee(ly for most installations 7.as several image copies/ follo'ed by an incremental 6.as several incrementals/ follo'ed by an image copy =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1D. In an absolute loading scheme/ 'hich loader function is accomplished by assembler. &.Reallocation ,.&llocation 7.#in(ing

6.#oading =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1C. 5he command interpreter &.is usually the primary user interface ,.reAuires fi+ed format commands 7.is menu drive 6.is Auite different from the S7# interpreter =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 1B. & tas( in a bloc(ed state &.is e+ecutable ,.is running 7.must still be placed in the run Aueues 6.is 'aiting for same temporarily unavailable resources =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 21. System maintenanceF &.is usually not necessary

,.is necessary on all systems/ regardless of ho' good 7.is not reAuired if the system is 'ell 'ritten 6.al'ays reAuires several programs =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: 21. )hich of the follo'ing statements is not true about the FOR5R&? language* &.FOR5R&? is a high level language & FOR5R&? program/ 'ritten for the I,>407/ is totally different from a ,. FOR5R&? program 'ritten for e+ecution on the S8? machine FOR5R&? is e+tensively used to 'rite programs for performing scientific 7. computations 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 22. & lin(er &.creates a load module ,.is not necessary 'ith variable partitions 7.must be run after the loader 6.is not needed 'ith a good compiler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2!. 8niform Symbols 5able

&.contains all constants in the program a permanent table of decision rules in the form of patterns for matching 'ith the ,. uniform symbol table to discover syntactic structure. consists of a full or partial list of the to(enOs as they appear in the program. 7reated 7. by #e+ical analysis and used for synta+ analysis and interpretation a permanent table 'hich lists all (ey 'ords and special symbols of the language in 6. symbolic form. =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2". In 'hich of the storage placement strategies a program is placed in the smallest available hole in the main memory* &.best fit ,.first fit 7.'orst fit 6.buddy =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2E. In 'hich addressing mode/ the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of register* &.absolute mode ,.indirect mode 7.immediate mode 6.inde+ mode =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D

-*p anation: 2<. 5he higher versions of the operating systems are so 'ritten that programs designed for earlier versions can still be run. )hat is it called* &.8pgradability ,.8p'ard mobility 7.8niversality 6.8p'ard compatibility =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2D. If special forms are needed for printing the output/ the programmer specifies these forms through* &.Q7# ,.Q0# 7.8tility programs 6.#oad modules =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2C. )hich policy replace a page if it is not in the favoured subset of a processOs pages* &.FIFO ,.#R8 7.#F8 6.)or(ing set =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation

Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum 2B. )hich of the follo'ing can be accesses by transfer vector approach of lin(ing* &.=+ternal data segments ,.=+ternal subroutines 7.6ata located in other procedures 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !1. )hich of the follo'ing terms refers to the degree to 'hich data in a database system are accurate and correct* &.data security ,.data validity 7.data independence 6.data integrity =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: !1. In analy.ing the compilation of 0#:I program/ the term KSynta+ analysisK is associated 'ith &.recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions. ,.recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols 7.creation of more optional matri+. 6.use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code =. ?one of the above

&ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !2. & hard'are device that is capable of e+ecuting a seAuence of instructions/ is (no'n as &.708 ,.&#8 7.78 6.0rocessor =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !!. )hich of follo'ing is:are the advantage2s) of modular programming* &.5he program is much easier to change ,.>odules can be reused in other programs 7.=asy debugging 6.=asy to compile =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !". 5he function2s) performed by the paging soft'are is 2are) &.Implementation of the access environment for all programs in the system ,.>anagement of the physical address space

7.Sharing and protection 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !E. & compiler for a high4level language that runs on one machine and produces code for a different machine is called is &.optimi.ing compiler ,.one pass compiler 7.cross compiler 6.multipass compiler =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C !<. & critical region is &.a program segment that has not been proved bug4free ,.a program segment that often causes une+pected system crashes 7.a program segment 'here shared resources are accessed 6.one 'hich is enclosed by a pair of 0 and @ operations on semaphores =. none is the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !D. &ssembler language &.is usually the primary user interface ,.reAuires fi+ed4format commands 7.is a mnemonic form of machine language 6.is Auite different from the S7# interpreter

=. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option C -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !C. 5he primary ob of the operating system of a computer is to &.command resources ,.manage resources 7.provide utilities 6.be user friendly =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum !B. )hich of the follo'ing is a measure to test ho' good or bad a modular design is &.>odule strength ,.>odule coupling 7.Static analysis 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "1. 5he Operating system manages &.>emory ,.0rocessor

7.6is(s and I:O devices 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: "1. 5he primary purpose of an operating system is toF &.ma(e computer easier to use ,.(eep system programmers employed 7.ma(e the most efficient use of the hard'are 6.allo' people to sue the computers =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option A -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "2. )hich of the follo'ing is true about pseudocode &.& machine language ,.&n assembly language 7.& high4level language 6.&ll of the above =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "!. 5he principles of structured programming forbid the use of &.)JI#=46O ,.PO5O 7.IF45J=?4=#S=

6.6O4)JI#= =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option B -*p anation: ?o ans'er description available for this Auestion. 6et &s disc&ss. @ie' &ns'er )or(space Report 6iscuss in Forum "". )hich of the follo'ing capabilities is reAuired for a system program to e+ecute more than one program at a time* &.'ord processing ,.compiling 7.virtual memory 6.multitas(ing =. ?one of the above &ns'er 9 =+planation Answer: Option D -*p anation: