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 What should be extension to executable file? All given options are correct COM BAT EXE 2 / 46 Which of the following does not interrupt the running process? Device Power failure Timer interrupt Scheduler process 3 / 46 ____ is responsible for keeping the process from the program? CPU Operating system Monitor ALL Options 4 / 46 Which of the following method is used to improve the main memory utilization? Operating system Memory stack None Swapping 5 / 46 Buffer is a ______. Large area Permanent area Temporary area Small area 6 / 46 OS is collection of All option Software routines Input Output devices Hardware components 7 / 46 BIOS is used by _________. Interpreter Operating system Compiler Application System 8 / 46 Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock? Mutual Exclusion Hold and Wait All Options are correct Circular Wait 9 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? Linux Windows DOS Oracle 10 / 46 Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information Is a(n) ____ Database Data warehouse Record Database program 11 / 46 Which of the following operating system supports only real time applications? Real time OS Batch OS Network OS Distributed OS 12 / 46 Which of the following software cannot be categorized application software? Spreadsheet Word processing MS DOS DBMS 13 / 46 What is Microsoft window? Word processing Operating system Graphic program Database program 14 / 46 Which of the following is not a part of the OS? I/O control program Memory program Job control program Performance monitor 15 / 46 Which of the following statements is correct about virtual memory? It is a combination of the logical memory and physical memory None It is a virtual network memory It is a separation of user logical memory and physical memory 16 / 46 The operating system work between Network and User User and computer None One user to another 17 / 46 What is true about OS? An OS is an interface between computer user and computer hardware. The OS is a vital component of the system software in a computer system All options An OS is a collection of software. 18 / 46 Today's fastest growing mobile phone operating system is Black berry OS Apple's IOS Mac OS X Google's Android 19 / 46 Which is the name of the software system which combines much independent function into one package? Multi adjustment system Expert system Integrated system Knowledge based system 20 / 46 Which of the following software can't categorize application software? Spreadsheet MS-DOS Word processing DBMS 21 / 46 The first OS created by Microsoft was? AIX Seattle MS-DOS Windows 22 / 46 The two major categories of software include Operating system and utility System and application Personal productivity and system System and utility 23 / 46 The mobile phone is an invention of an American engineer named as Sir Philo Taylor Farnsworth Sir Igory Sikorsky Sir Martin Cooper Sir Thomas Edison 24 / 46 Operating systems Provides a layer, user friendly interface Enable the programmer to draw a flow chart Inks a program with subroutine it references All options are correct 25 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? UNIX MS-DOS PASCAL Linux 26 / 46 In which one of the following year Mobile phones were invented? 1930 1952 1927 1973 27 / 46 If the displayed system date and time is wrong, you can reset is using Control Panel Calendar Alarm & Clock Photos 28 / 46 What is full form of IOS Internet Operating System Indian Operating System Internetworking Operating System Iphone Operating System 29 / 46 What does I/O controller do? Keeps tracks of processes Keeps tracks of primary memory Keeps tracks of all devices All options 30 / 46 A processor is the device where information is stored None of these is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is a sequence of instructions 31 / 46 A program is the device where information is stored is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory None of these is a sequence of instructions 32 / 46 ______ is an example of single user Operating system. MS-DOS UNIX Linux Basic 33 / 46 A(n) _______ is device that electronically process data, converting it to information. Software Program Computer Algorithm 34 / 46 Android operating system was acquired by Google in 2004 2002 2005 2007 35 / 46 A program is execution is called Instruction Procedure Function Process 36 / 46 What 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. All of the option It is used to store the program in file format It is used to store folders and files hierarchically 37 / 46 In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called ______. Process scheduling Traffic controller management Process rescheduling Processor 38 / 46 Which of the following is not an important function of an OS? Virus Protection File Management Memory Management Processor Management 39 / 46 In OS, Memory management refers to the management of? Primary memory Flash memory Secondary memory Both Primary and Secondary Memory 40 / 46 Program which is used to control system performance is classified as Web based software None Application software System software 41 / 46 The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following? Data Bus Address Bus CPU RAM 42 / 46 Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first? Round Robin Scheduling Shortest Job First First-Come First Served Scheduling Priority Scheduling 43 / 46 An operating system that can do multiprocessing means that _______ All Options are correct Multiple people can use the computer concurrently The OS can divide up work between several CPUs Several programs can be operated concurrently 44 / 46 Identify false statement: You can restore any files in recycle bin even if you ever need 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 45 / 46 Which of the following shut down method is often called warm boot? Restart Sleep Shutdown Hibernate 46 / 46 A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have Assembler Loader Compiler Operating system Your score isThe average score is 72% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 1,865
