Operating System Unit 4 MCQ

Operating System

Unit 4 MCQ

WEEK 3 MCQ OPERATING SYSTEM

01. Which Programming language is generally used to detect the behavior of an Operating system ? 

1. C 
2. C++ 
3. Java 
4. Python

Correct Answer: C

02. Interrupt handling is a done in _____________________ mode of the OS.

1. User 
2. Kernal 
3. Device 
4. File

Correct Answer: Kernal

03. The switching of the OS from user mode to kernel mode is termed as ____________ 

1. Context switch 
2. Content switch 
3. Exit 
4. Transfer operation

Correct Answer: Context switch

04. ________________ is defined as the act of building Systems Software using System Programming Languages. 

1. Programs
2. System programs 
3. Software
4. Utility

Correct Answer: System programs

05. An operating system is ___________________ it can be moved from one hardware architecture to another with relatively few changes. 

1. Flexible 
2. Movable 
3. Transferable
4. Portable

Correct Answer: Portable

06. ........... represents a collection of data values as a sequence.

1. list
2. stack
3. queue
4. graph

Correct Answer: list

07. .............is a sequentially ordered data structure that uses the last in, first out (LIFO) principle for adding and removing items.

1. Stack
2. Queue
3. List
4. Map

Correct Answer: stack

08. The most common secondary-storage device is a ...

1. Hard Disk
2. Floppy Disk
3. Flash Disk
4. External Disk

Correct Answer: Hard disk

09. Clustering is usually used to provide ..............

1. high-availability service
2. low-availability service
3. network service
4. data service

Correct Answer: high-availability service

10. ...........which divides a program into separate components that run in parallel on individual computers in the cluster.

1. Parallelism
2. Distributed
3. Remote Access
4. Network Access

Correct Answer: Parallelism