Test Your Knowledge! MCQ [ Computer Software and Operating System] April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 by jaminrai Computer Software and Operating System. Test Your Knowledge. MCQ.This is the collection of MCQs on the topic computer software and Operating Systems. Check Your knowledge on the topic! Choose the best option. You can only choose once for one question. Best of luck. 1 / 46Which of the following software can't categorize application software? DBMS Spreadsheet Word processing MS-DOS 2 / 46Which of the following is not an operating system? Linux DOS Windows Oracle 3 / 46The two major categories of software include Personal productivity and system System and utility Operating system and utility System and application 4 / 46Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock? Hold and Wait Mutual Exclusion All Options are correct Circular Wait 5 / 46Which of the following is not an important function of an OS? File Management Processor Management Virus Protection Memory Management 6 / 46What is Microsoft window? Database program Word processing Operating system Graphic program 7 / 46______ is an example of single user Operating system. MS-DOS Basic UNIX Linux 8 / 46Operating systems Inks a program with subroutine it references Provides a layer, user friendly interface All options are correct Enable the programmer to draw a flow chart 9 / 46If the displayed system date and time is wrong, you can reset is using Calendar Photos Control Panel Alarm & Clock 10 / 46A processor is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is a sequence of instructions None of these is the device where information is stored 11 / 46What does I/O controller do? All options Keeps tracks of primary memory Keeps tracks of processes Keeps tracks of all devices 12 / 46What is full form of IOS Internetworking Operating System Indian Operating System Internet Operating System Iphone Operating System 13 / 46Android operating system was acquired by Google in 2007 2005 2002 2004 14 / 46The operating system work between One user to another User and computer None Network and User 15 / 46OS is collection of All option Hardware components Software routines Input Output devices 16 / 46A program is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is the device where information is stored None of these is a sequence of instructions 17 / 46Identify false statement: You can right click and choose empty recycle bin to clean it at once You can find deleted files in recycle bin You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin You can restore any files in recycle bin even if you ever need 18 / 46An operating system that can do multiprocessing means that _______ The OS can divide up work between several CPUs All Options are correct Multiple people can use the computer concurrently Several programs can be operated concurrently 19 / 46The first OS created by Microsoft was? Seattle AIX MS-DOS Windows 20 / 46The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following? RAM Address Bus Data Bus CPU 21 / 46Which of the following is not an operating system? UNIX MS-DOS PASCAL Linux 22 / 46In OS, Memory management refers to the management of? Secondary memory Flash memory Primary memory Both Primary and Secondary Memory 23 / 46BIOS is used by _________. Compiler Application System Interpreter Operating system 24 / 46Which of the following is not a part of the OS? Memory program Job control program Performance monitor I/O control program 25 / 46The mobile phone is an invention of an American engineer named as Sir Philo Taylor Farnsworth Sir Igory Sikorsky Sir Thomas Edison Sir Martin Cooper 26 / 46Which of the following operating system supports only real time applications? Real time OS Batch OS Distributed OS Network OS 27 / 46Which of the following shut down method is often called warm boot? Hibernate Restart Shutdown Sleep 28 / 46Today's fastest growing mobile phone operating system is Google's Android Black berry OS Apple's IOS Mac OS X 29 / 46What is true about OS? An OS is an interface between computer user and computer hardware. All options The OS is a vital component of the system software in a computer system An OS is a collection of software. 30 / 46Which of the following method is used to improve the main memory utilization? Operating system None Memory stack Swapping 31 / 46A(n) _______ is device that electronically process data, converting it to information. Algorithm Program Computer Software 32 / 46What is the use of directory structure in the operating system? The directory structure is used to solve the problem of the network connection in OS. It is used to store the program in file format All of the option It is used to store folders and files hierarchically 33 / 46What should be extension to executable file? COM EXE BAT All given options are correct 34 / 46Program which is used to control system performance is classified as Application software System software Web based software None 35 / 46A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have Operating system Assembler Compiler Loader 36 / 46A program is execution is called Function Instruction Procedure Process 37 / 46Which of the following does not interrupt the running process? Power failure Timer interrupt Device Scheduler process 38 / 46In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called ______. Process scheduling Processor Traffic controller management Process rescheduling 39 / 46Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information Is a(n) ____ Database Data warehouse Database program Record 40 / 46____ is responsible for keeping the process from the program? Monitor Operating system ALL Options CPU 41 / 46Buffer is a ______. Small area Large area Permanent area Temporary area 42 / 46In which one of the following year Mobile phones were invented? 1930 1973 1927 1952 43 / 46Which is the name of the software system which combines much independent function into one package? Integrated system Multi adjustment system Knowledge based system Expert system 44 / 46Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first? Shortest Job First First-Come First Served Scheduling Priority Scheduling Round Robin Scheduling 45 / 46Which of the following software cannot be categorized application software? MS DOS DBMS Spreadsheet Word processing 46 / 46Which of the following statements is correct about virtual memory? It is a combination of the logical memory and physical memory It is a separation of user logical memory and physical memory None It is a virtual network memory Your score isThe average score is 45% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 395
