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Which of the following tables is a permanent database that has an entry for each terminal symbol?

  1. Terminal Table

  2. Literal Table

  3. Identifier Table

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is a permanent database in a general model of compiler?

  1. Literal Table

  2. Identifier Table

  3. Terminal Table

  4. Source code


Correct Option: C

Which of the following filename extensions suggests that the file is a backup copy of another file?

  1. TXT

  2. COM

  3. BAS

  4. BAK


Correct Option: D

What is the name of the operating system that reads in terms of actual time?

  1. Batch system

  2. Quick response system

  3. Real time system

  4. Time sharing system


Correct Option: C

While running DOS on PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?

  1. COPY

  2. DISKCOPY

  3. CHKDSK

  4. TYPE


Correct Option: B

All the time a computer is switched on, its operating system software system has to stay in the

  1. main storage

  2. primary storage

  3. floppy disk

  4. disk driver


Correct Option: B

What is the name given to the organized collection of software that controls the overall operations of a computer?

  1. Working system

  2. Peripheral

  3. Operating system

  4. Controlling system


Correct Option: C

What is the name given to the process of initializing a microcomputer with its operating system?

  1. Cold booting

  2. Booting

  3. Warm booting

  4. Boot recording


Correct Option: B

The operating system of a computer serves as a software interface between the user and

  1. hardware

  2. peripheral

  3. memory

  4. screen


Correct Option: A

The primary job of the operating system of a computer is to

  1. command resources

  2. manage resources

  3. provide utilities

  4. be user friendly


Correct Option: B

Two basic types of operating system are

  1. Sequential and direct

  2. Batch and time sharing

  3. Sequential and real time

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

Remote computing services involve the use of timesharing and

  1. multiprocessing

  2. interactive processing

  3. batch processing

  4. real time processing


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Batch processing is an important component of remote computing service.

Which of the following is not a part of operating system?

  1. Supervisor

  2. Performance monitor

  3. job-control program

  4. i/o control program


Correct Option: B

In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of register?

  1. Absolute mode

  2. Indirect mode

  3. Immediate mode

  4. Index mode


Correct Option: D

Moving process from main memory to disk is called

  1. Scheduling

  2. Caching

  3. Swapping

  4. Spooling


Correct Option: C

Multiprogramming was made possible by

  1. input / output units that operate independently of the CPU

  2. operating system

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. neither (1) nor (2)


Correct Option: C

Producer consumer problem can be solved using

  1. semaphores

  2. event counters

  3. monitors

  4. all the above


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are the function(s) of a scheduler?

  1. It selects which ready process is to be run next.

  2. It specifies the time slice.

  3. It waits for an event to occur before continuing execution.

  4. Both (1) and (2)


Correct Option: D

The table created by lexical analysis to describes all literals used in the source program, is

  1. terminal table

  2. literal table

  3. identifier table

  4. reductions


Correct Option: A

What is the name given to the software which can be legally compiled and often used for free?

  1. Shareware program

  2. Public domain program

  3. Firmware program

  4. Mindware


Correct Option: B

Operating system is

  1. a collection of hardware components

  2. a collection of i/o devices

  3. a collection of software routine

  4. all the above


Correct Option: C

What is the name of the operating system for the laptop computer called MacLite?

  1. Windows

  2. DOS

  3. MS-DOS

  4. OZ


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a type of system software used on microcomputer?

  1. MS-DOS

  2. PC-DOS

  3. unix

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following operating systems is used by Macintosh computers?

  1. System 7.0

  2. AU/X

  3. Unix

  4. Either (1) or (2)


Correct Option: D

The term 'operating system' means

  1. a set of programs which controls a computer's working

  2. the way a computer operates and works

  3. conversion of high level language into machine code

  4. the way a floppy disk drive operates


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The term 'operating system' meansĀ a set of programs which controls a computer's working.

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