An operating system version designed for use with a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP
Media center edition
Home edition
Tablet PC edition
None of above
Correct Answer :
A. Media center edition
Related Questions
A solution to starvation is _____________.
segmentation
Aging
Paging
virtual memory
Two clocks are said to be synchronized at a particular instance of time if the difference in time values of the two clocks is less than some specified constant. The difference in time values of two clocks is called ___________.
Interrupt
Clock Frequency
Clock Ticks
Clock Skew
______________ is a situation in which two computer programs sharing the same resource are effectively preventing each other from accessing the resource, resulting in both programs ceasing to function.
Semaphore
Deadlock
Mutual Exclusion
No preemption
Which one is true for unconditional disk formatting?
Transfer system files after format
Do not check/scan surface after format
Destroys every byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces
All of above
______________approach simplifies debugging and system verification.
Kernel
Layered
Extended
Virtual machine
When you start up the computer the boot up storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer and data are displayed on the monitor is called
Bootstrap
System configuration
Power on self test (POST)
Kernel loading
A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
______________ are popular way to improve application through parallelism.
Processes
Threads
Context switching
none of these
The _________takes any characters from standard input, and then echoes them to standard output.
kill character
cat command
cate command
control command
When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)
Page file
Spool
Stack
Interrupt
What is dispatch latency?
The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another
The whole time taken by all processor
The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk
None of Above
_______________refers to a strategy where whenever a resource is requested, it is only granted if it cannot result in deadlock.
Deadlock Prevention
Livelock
Deadlock avoidance
none of these
Which command is used to display the contents of the text file of DOS?
Copy
Copy con
Dir
Type
You can use print manage window
To cancel the print job
To check status of files in the print queue
To interrupt printing
All of the above
A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is
Menu bar
Tool bar
Status bar
Task bar
In ________________________ each node periodically sends a message to the time server.
Passive Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Active Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Global Averaging Distributed Algorithms
Localized Averaging Distributed Algorithms
______________is responsible for allocating primary memory to processes and for assisting the programmer in loading and storing the contents of the primary memory.
Operating system
Memory manager
Database administrator
RAM
PVM stands for
Parallel Virtual Machine
Parallel Virtual Message
Process Virtual Machine
Process Virtual Monitor
The Bankers algorithm is used
to prevent deadlock
to rectify deadlock
to detect deadlock
to slove deadlock
Which components appear in the initial Windows start up display?
Start menu
Dialog boxes
Taskbar
All of above
When resources have multiple instances ________ is used for deadlock Avoidance.
Bankers algorithm
Resource Allocation Graph
semaphores
all of these
_____________ manage the name spaces and binds an object to its location.
Name Server
Name agent
Context
Name resolution
DSM stands for______________
Direct shared memory
Direct system memory
Distributed shared memory
Distributed system memory
A process is ____________________
A program in Execution.
An asynchronous activity.
The 'dispatchable' unit.
All A, B, C
A process is _________________
program in main memory
Program in cache memory
program in secondary storage
program in execution
Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
The directory is moved the source file is not moved
All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
All files inside the directory are moved
Both b and c
Which of the following is drop down list?
Combo box
List
Text area
None
Which of the following is not essential to shut down your computer?
XCOPY
Edit
Sys
None of the above
The primary purpose of an operating system is a …
To allow people to use the computer
To make the most efficient use of computer hardware
To make computer easier to use
To keep system programmer employed
__ is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up
System software
Operating system
System operations
None