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 A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have Compiler Operating system Loader Assembler 2 / 46 Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock? Circular Wait Mutual Exclusion Hold and Wait All Options are correct 3 / 46 What is full form of IOS Iphone Operating System Internet Operating System Internetworking Operating System Indian Operating System 4 / 46 Buffer is a ______. Small area Temporary area Large area Permanent area 5 / 46 A(n) _______ is device that electronically process data, converting it to information. Algorithm Software Program Computer 6 / 46 The first OS created by Microsoft was? MS-DOS Windows AIX Seattle 7 / 46 ______ is an example of single user Operating system. MS-DOS Linux Basic UNIX 8 / 46 What should be extension to executable file? COM EXE All given options are correct BAT 9 / 46 In which one of the following year Mobile phones were invented? 1930 1952 1973 1927 10 / 46 What does I/O controller do? All options Keeps tracks of all devices Keeps tracks of primary memory Keeps tracks of processes 11 / 46 If the displayed system date and time is wrong, you can reset is using Photos Calendar Alarm & Clock Control Panel 12 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? Windows Linux DOS Oracle 13 / 46 BIOS is used by _________. Application System Interpreter Operating system Compiler 14 / 46 Which of the following is not an important function of an OS? Memory Management Virus Protection File Management Processor Management 15 / 46 In OS, Memory management refers to the management of? Primary memory Secondary memory Flash memory Both Primary and Secondary Memory 16 / 46 Which of the following does not interrupt the running process? Power failure Device Timer interrupt Scheduler process 17 / 46 OS is collection of All option Hardware components Software routines Input Output devices 18 / 46 Identify false statement: You can right click and choose empty recycle bin to clean it at once 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 You can find deleted files in recycle bin 19 / 46 In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called ______. Processor Process scheduling Traffic controller management Process rescheduling 20 / 46 Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first? Shortest Job First First-Come First Served Scheduling Round Robin Scheduling Priority Scheduling 21 / 46 A program is a sequence of instructions is the device where information is stored is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory None of these 22 / 46 Which of the following is not a part of the OS? Job control program Performance monitor Memory program I/O control program 23 / 46 What is Microsoft window? Database program Graphic program Word processing Operating system 24 / 46 Which of the following software cannot be categorized application software? Spreadsheet Word processing DBMS MS DOS 25 / 46 The mobile phone is an invention of an American engineer named as Sir Igory Sikorsky Sir Martin Cooper Sir Philo Taylor Farnsworth Sir Thomas Edison 26 / 46 Operating systems All options are correct Inks a program with subroutine it references Enable the programmer to draw a flow chart Provides a layer, user friendly interface 27 / 46 The operating system work between User and computer One user to another None Network and User 28 / 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 An OS is a collection of software. All options 29 / 46 ____ is responsible for keeping the process from the program? Monitor CPU Operating system ALL Options 30 / 46 Which of the following shut down method is often called warm boot? Hibernate Restart Sleep Shutdown 31 / 46 The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following? RAM CPU Address Bus Data Bus 32 / 46 Android operating system was acquired by Google in 2007 2002 2005 2004 33 / 46 The two major categories of software include System and utility Personal productivity and system Operating system and utility System and application 34 / 46 Which of the following software can't categorize application software? MS-DOS Word processing Spreadsheet DBMS 35 / 46 A program is execution is called Process Procedure Function Instruction 36 / 46 Which is the name of the software system which combines much independent function into one package? Expert system Integrated system Multi adjustment system Knowledge based system 37 / 46 An operating system that can do multiprocessing means that _______ The OS can divide up work between several CPUs All Options are correct Several programs can be operated concurrently Multiple people can use the computer concurrently 38 / 46 Which of the following statements is correct about virtual memory? It is a virtual network memory It is a separation of user logical memory and physical memory None It is a combination of the logical memory and physical memory 39 / 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 40 / 46 Today's fastest growing mobile phone operating system is Google's Android Apple's IOS Mac OS X Black berry OS 41 / 46 Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information Is a(n) ____ Database program Database Data warehouse Record 42 / 46 Which of the following is not an operating system? MS-DOS Linux PASCAL UNIX 43 / 46 Program which is used to control system performance is classified as None Web based software System software Application software 44 / 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. It is used to store folders and files hierarchically It is used to store the program in file format All of the option 45 / 46 Which of the following operating system supports only real time applications? Network OS Real time OS Distributed OS Batch OS 46 / 46 Which of the following method is used to improve the main memory utilization? None Swapping Operating system Memory stack Your score isThe average score is 72% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 1,826
