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 / 46 Buffer is a ______. Small area Permanent area Large area Temporary area 2 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? UNIX Linux MS-DOS PASCAL 3 / 46 If the displayed system date and time is wrong, you can reset is using Calendar Alarm & Clock Photos Control Panel 4 / 46 BIOS is used by _________. Operating system Interpreter Application System Compiler 5 / 46 What is Microsoft window? Graphic program Database program Word processing Operating system 6 / 46 Android operating system was acquired by Google in 2005 2004 2002 2007 7 / 46 What is the use of directory structure in the operating system? All of the option 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 It is used to store folders and files hierarchically 8 / 46 A program is execution is called Procedure Instruction Process Function 9 / 46 An operating system that can do multiprocessing means that _______ All Options are correct Several programs can be operated concurrently The OS can divide up work between several CPUs Multiple people can use the computer concurrently 10 / 46 The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following? CPU Data Bus RAM Address Bus 11 / 46 Which of the following is not an important function of an OS? Processor Management File Management Virus Protection Memory Management 12 / 46 Which is the name of the software system which combines much independent function into one package? Expert system Knowledge based system Integrated system Multi adjustment system 13 / 46 Identify 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 restore any files in recycle bin even if you ever need You can increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin 14 / 46 The first OS created by Microsoft was? Seattle Windows AIX MS-DOS 15 / 46 Which of the following software can't categorize application software? Word processing DBMS MS-DOS Spreadsheet 16 / 46 The operating system work between None One user to another Network and User User and computer 17 / 46 In which one of the following year Mobile phones were invented? 1930 1952 1973 1927 18 / 46 Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock? Hold and Wait All Options are correct Circular Wait Mutual Exclusion 19 / 46 What should be extension to executable file? BAT EXE All given options are correct COM 20 / 46 In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called ______. Process rescheduling Traffic controller management Processor Process scheduling 21 / 46 The two major categories of software include System and utility System and application Operating system and utility Personal productivity and system 22 / 46 A program None of these is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is a sequence of instructions is the device where information is stored 23 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? Linux Windows Oracle DOS 24 / 46 Which of the following software cannot be categorized application software? MS DOS DBMS Word processing Spreadsheet 25 / 46 A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have Operating system Compiler Assembler Loader 26 / 46 Which of the following does not interrupt the running process? Device Timer interrupt Scheduler process Power failure 27 / 46 What is true about OS? All options An OS is a collection of software. The OS is a vital component of the system software in a computer system An OS is an interface between computer user and computer hardware. 28 / 46 In OS, Memory management refers to the management of? Secondary memory Both Primary and Secondary Memory Primary memory Flash memory 29 / 46 Today's fastest growing mobile phone operating system is Apple's IOS Google's Android Black berry OS Mac OS X 30 / 46 A processor 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 31 / 46 The mobile phone is an invention of an American engineer named as Sir Philo Taylor Farnsworth Sir Thomas Edison Sir Martin Cooper Sir Igory Sikorsky 32 / 46 Program which is used to control system performance is classified as System software Web based software Application software None 33 / 46 ____ is responsible for keeping the process from the program? Operating system Monitor ALL Options CPU 34 / 46 ______ is an example of single user Operating system. MS-DOS Linux Basic UNIX 35 / 46 Which of the following is not a part of the OS? Memory program Performance monitor I/O control program Job control program 36 / 46 Operating systems All options are correct Enable the programmer to draw a flow chart Inks a program with subroutine it references Provides a layer, user friendly interface 37 / 46 What is full form of IOS Indian Operating System Internetworking Operating System Iphone Operating System Internet Operating System 38 / 46 Which of the following method is used to improve the main memory utilization? None Swapping Memory stack Operating system 39 / 46 Which of the following operating system supports only real time applications? Network OS Real time OS Distributed OS Batch OS 40 / 46 Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information Is a(n) ____ Record Database program Data warehouse Database 41 / 46 What does I/O controller do? Keeps tracks of all devices All options Keeps tracks of processes Keeps tracks of primary memory 42 / 46 Which of the following shut down method is often called warm boot? Sleep Hibernate Shutdown Restart 43 / 46 A(n) _______ is device that electronically process data, converting it to information. Software Program Computer Algorithm 44 / 46 OS is collection of All option Hardware components Input Output devices Software routines 45 / 46 Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first? Round Robin Scheduling First-Come First Served Scheduling Priority Scheduling Shortest Job First 46 / 46 Which of the following statements is correct about virtual memory? It is a separation of user logical memory and physical memory It is a virtual network memory None It is a combination of the logical memory and physical memory Your score isThe average score is 78% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 1,688
