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Operating Systems - 8

Description: Test Your Knowledge on Operating Systems
Number of Questions: 25
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______ cipher operate(s) by replacing each symbol or a group of symbols in the plain text by other symbols.

  1. Substitution

  2. Poly-alphabetic

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

_____ cipher operates by reordering the plaintext symbols.

  1. Substitution

  2. Polyalphabetic

  3. Transposition

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

A/An _____ signature is the way of marking an electronic message in a manner that is unique and traceable to the originator.

  1. analog

  2. digital

  3. hybrid

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

_______ are programs that attempt to detect modifications of other programs by calculating and storing checksums in executable programs and in command files.

  1. Integrity checkers

  2. Monitoring programs

  3. Virus removers

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

______ are programs that scan system storage for signatures and patterns that belong to viruses.

  1. Integrity checkers

  2. Monitoring programs

  3. Virus removers

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

_____ denotes the lowest layer of an operating system.

  1. Kernel

  2. File system

  3. Directory

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

_____ are permanently resident programs that continuously check certain memory and I/O operations for suspicious behaviour that may be attributable to viruses.

  1. Integrity checkers

  2. Monitoring programs

  3. Virus removers

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

In disk-based systems, the core portion of the operating system is placed at a known address called the ____.

  1. boot block

  2. boot area

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

______ compilation refers to the ability of a compiler to compile individual modules of a single program independently.

  1. Independent

  2. Separate

  3. Time bound

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

SISD means _____.

  1. Single Instruction, Single Data

  2. Single Input Stream Single Data Stream

  3. Single Instruction Single Data Stream

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

A ______ call is a special hardware instruction to invoke the operating system.

  1. procedure

  2. function

  3. supervisor

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

MISD means _____.

  1. Multiple Instruction Single Data

  2. Multiple Input Streams Single Data Stream

  3. Multiple Instruction Stream Single Data Stream

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

SIMD means _____.

  1. Single Instruction Multiple Data

  2. Single Input Stream Multiple Data Streams

  3. Single Instruction Stream Multiple Data Streams

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

MIMD means _____.

  1. Multiple Instruction Multiple Data

  2. Multiple Input Streams Multiple Data Streams

  3. Multiple Instruction Stream Multiple Data Streams

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

UMA means _____.

  1. Uniform Memory Action

  2. Uniform Multiple Access

  3. Uniform Memory Access

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

NORMA means _____.

  1. No Remote Memory Access

  2. No Remote Memory Action

  3. No Remote Multiple Access

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

NUMA means _____.

  1. Non-Uniform Memory Action

  2. Non-Uniform Memory Access

  3. Non-Uniform Multiple Access

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

RPC means _____.

  1. Request Procedure Call

  2. Remote Procedure Call

  3. Remote Parallel Call

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Unix is written in ______.

  1. BASIC

  2. FORTRAN

  3. C

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

A distributed ______ system is a collection of autonomous computer systems capable of communication and cooperation.

  1. computer

  2. operating

  3. programming

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

A distributed ______ system governs the operation of a distributed computer system.

  1. compiler

  2. operating

  3. programming

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B

Unix was developed at ______.

  1. Bell Labs

  2. IBM

  3. Microsoft

  4. Intel


Correct Option: A

Unix was written by ______.

  1. Ken Thompson

  2. Dennis Ritchie

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Unix was developed in the late ______.

  1. 1950s

  2. 1960s

  3. 1970s

  4. 1980s


Correct Option: B

Unix is a _______ operating system.

  1. multiuser

  2. timesharing

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
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