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 / 46What should be extension to executable file? BAT All given options are correct COM EXE 2 / 46In OS, Memory management refers to the management of? Primary memory Flash memory Both Primary and Secondary Memory Secondary memory 3 / 46BIOS is used by _________. Interpreter Application System Compiler Operating system 4 / 46Which of the following is not a part of the OS? Job control program Memory program I/O control program Performance monitor 5 / 46What is full form of IOS Internetworking Operating System Iphone Operating System Internet Operating System Indian Operating System 6 / 46Which of the following is a condition that causes deadlock? Mutual Exclusion All Options are correct Hold and Wait Circular Wait 7 / 46Which of the following statements is correct about virtual memory? It is a combination of the logical memory and physical memory It is a virtual network memory It is a separation of user logical memory and physical memory None 8 / 46Which of the following is not an operating system? UNIX PASCAL Linux MS-DOS 9 / 46What is Microsoft window? Operating system Graphic program Word processing Database program 10 / 46A processor is a sequence of instructions None of these is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is the device where information is stored 11 / 46Which of the following is not an important function of an OS? Virus Protection Memory Management File Management Processor Management 12 / 46Which of the following is not an operating system? DOS Windows Oracle Linux 13 / 46What is the use of directory structure in the operating system? All of the option It is used to store folders and files hierarchically 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 14 / 46A(n) _______ is device that electronically process data, converting it to information. Algorithm Program Software Computer 15 / 46Program which is used to control system performance is classified as None Application software System software Web based software 16 / 46Android operating system was acquired by Google in 2005 2004 2002 2007 17 / 46An operating system that can do multiprocessing means that _______ All Options are correct Several programs can be operated concurrently Multiple people can use the computer concurrently The OS can divide up work between several CPUs 18 / 46In 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 Processor Process rescheduling 19 / 46OS is collection of Software routines All option Input Output devices Hardware components 20 / 46Which of the following operating system supports only real time applications? Batch OS Distributed OS Network OS Real time OS 21 / 46What is true about OS? An OS is a collection of software. 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 22 / 46The two major categories of software include System and utility System and application Operating system and utility Personal productivity and system 23 / 46Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first? Priority Scheduling Round Robin Scheduling First-Come First Served Scheduling Shortest Job First 24 / 46A program None of these is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory is the device where information is stored is a sequence of instructions 25 / 46The operating system work between User and computer One user to another Network and User None 26 / 46The mobile phone is an invention of an American engineer named as Sir Philo Taylor Farnsworth Sir Martin Cooper Sir Igory Sikorsky Sir Thomas Edison 27 / 46Which is the name of the software system which combines much independent function into one package? Integrated system Expert system Multi adjustment system Knowledge based system 28 / 46The first OS created by Microsoft was? Seattle Windows AIX MS-DOS 29 / 46Which of the following does not interrupt the running process? Scheduler process Device Timer interrupt Power failure 30 / 46In which one of the following year Mobile phones were invented? 1952 1927 1973 1930 31 / 46Which of the following software can't categorize application software? Spreadsheet MS-DOS DBMS Word processing 32 / 46Operating systems All options are correct Enable the programmer to draw a flow chart Provides a layer, user friendly interface Inks a program with subroutine it references 33 / 46Which of the following method is used to improve the main memory utilization? Operating system None Swapping Memory stack 34 / 46Buffer is a ______. Small area Large area Temporary area Permanent area 35 / 46What does I/O controller do? Keeps tracks of processes Keeps tracks of all devices Keeps tracks of primary memory All options 36 / 46The size of virtual memory is based on which of the following? RAM Data Bus CPU Address Bus 37 / 46A program is execution is called Procedure Instruction Function Process 38 / 46Today's fastest growing mobile phone operating system is Google's Android Apple's IOS Mac OS X Black berry OS 39 / 46Identify false statement: You can find deleted files in recycle bin 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 increase free space of disk by sending files in recycle bin 40 / 46Which of the following software cannot be categorized application software? Spreadsheet MS DOS Word processing DBMS 41 / 46A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have Loader Compiler Assembler Operating system 42 / 46Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information Is a(n) ____ Data warehouse Record Database program Database 43 / 46If the displayed system date and time is wrong, you can reset is using Alarm & Clock Control Panel Calendar Photos 44 / 46Which of the following shut down method is often called warm boot? Restart Hibernate Sleep Shutdown 45 / 46______ is an example of single user Operating system. MS-DOS Linux UNIX Basic 46 / 46____ is responsible for keeping the process from the program? CPU ALL Options Monitor Operating system Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 1,347
