Which of the following is NOT one of the three states that the process can be in?
Answer
Multitasking
Running
Runnable
Waiting
Question 2
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Which of the following tasks is NOT a responsibility of the operating system?
Answer
Distributes resources of the computer to programs.
Displays the content of an HTML webpage.
Provides a way of communication between the user and the computer.
Ensures that user's files cannot be accessed by other users.
Question 3
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Where in a computer is BIOS written?
Answer
Register
Cache
RAM
ROM
Question 4
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What do we call the process of moving content of RAM to virtual memory?
Answer
Segmentation
Virtualisation
RAM-transferring
Paging
Question 5
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What is the difference between a process virtual machine and a system virtual machine?
Answer
Process virtual machines have no memory, while system virtual machines do.
There is no difference.
System virtual machines allow execution of programs that were written for other types of environments; process virtual machines emulate operating systems.
Process virtual machines allow execution of programs that were written for other types of environments; system virtual machines emulate operating systems.
Question 6
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Which of the following is NOT a peripheral?
Answer
Processor
Printer
Computer mouse
Flash drive
Question 7
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What scheduling algorithm is used for situations where tasks can be divided into more groups?
Answer
Shortest job first scheduling
First come first served scheduling
Round robin scheduling
Multilevel queue scheduling
Question 8
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Which of the following is NOT an operating system?
Answer
Windows
iOS
Android
Kernel
Question 9
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Which of the following describes the process of dividing the computer's memory into sections?
Answer
Segmentation
Sectioning
Buffering
Paging
Question 10
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Which scheduling algorithm executes the tasks simply in the same order as they arrived?