operating system necessay question with answer for job examination

1. Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?
a. Quick Response System
b. Real Time System
c. Time Sharing System
d. Batch Processing System
Ans: b

2. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT
a. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory
b. The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change
c. This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file
d. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive
Ans: a


3. The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
a. Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
b. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
c. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
d. Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows
Ans: d

4. What is dispatch latency?
a. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another
b. The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk
c. The whole time taken by all processor
d. None of Above
Ans: a

5. A page fault occurs when
a. the Deadlock happens
b. the Segmentation starts
c. the page is found in the memory
d. the page is not found in the memory
Ans: d

6. Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
a. All files inside the directory are moved
b. All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
c. The directory is moved the source file is not moved
d. Both a and b
Ans: d

7. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. The CPU
d. Memory Cache
Ans: b

8. Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?
a. The scandisk utility begins to run
b. The video card and video memory are tested
c. The BIOS identification process occurs
d. Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly
Ans: a

9. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
a. Name of the file
b. Extension of the file
c. The amount of memory in your computer
d. All of above
Ans: c

10. Which of the following is drop down list?
a. List
b. Combo box
c. Text area
d. None
Ans: b

11. Recently deleted files are stored in
a. Recycle bin
b. Desktop
c. Taskbar
d. My computer
Ans: a

12. Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?
a. Dialog boxes
b. Start menu
c. Taskbar
d. All of above
Ans: c

13. A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
a. Start button
b. Quick launch
c. Task bar
d. System tray
Ans: d

14. An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP
a. Home edition
b. Media center edition
c. Tablet PC edition
d. None of above
Ans: b

15. An operating system version designed for use with a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP
a. Home edition
b. Media center edition
c. Tablet PC edition
d. None of the above
Ans: c

16. The date and time displays on
a. Taskbar
b. Status bar
c. System tray
d. Launch pad
Ans: c

17. …. runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
a. Operating system
b. Application system
c. System software
d. All of above
Ans: a

18. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?
a. Operating System
b. Application Software
c. System Software
d. All
Ans: a

19. … is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. System operations
d. None
Ans: b

20. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. System operations
d. None
Ans: b