Ext2 is the standard file system of _______ and uses a block size of_____bytes
MS DOS,8K
Linux ,1024
Linux, 512
Unix, 512
Correct Answer :
B. Linux ,1024
Related Questions
Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program
Operating system
Operating environment
System environment
None
Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as
Hyperlink
Menu
Source drive
None of these
A process may create a new process by executing ___________system call.
init
fork
create
new
A SCSI device can transfer up to----------- of information per second.
40 Mbytes
60 Mbytes
40 Gbytes
60 Gbytes
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
____ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
System software
Operating system
Application system
All of above
Process migration involves__________________
Selection of a process to be migrated
Selection of destination system or node
Actual transfer of the selected process to the destination system or node
All A, B, C
In case of good process migration mechanism, _____________ means failure of any node other than the one on which the process is running should not affect the execution of the process.
Robustness
Efficiency
Transparent
Interference
Identify the distributed computing model from the following statement. In this model, the user's processes need not be migrated to the server machines for getting the work done by those machines.
Minicomputer model
Workstation model
Workstation-Server model
Processor pool model
_______refers to the block size of the DSM system, i.e. to the units of sharing and the unit of data transfer across the network when a network block fault occurs.
Granularity
Coherence
Abstraction
Synchronization
A sequence of instructions telling the computer what to do is called a_____________
program
language
translator
package
To install the new font
Start -> setting -> font
Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
Start -> setting -> control panel -> font -> install new font
Start -> setting -> control panel -> font
A process is ____________________
A program in Execution.
An asynchronous activity.
The 'dispatchable' unit.
All A, B, C
Pick the wrong statement from the following.
UNIX systems originally came with a command interpreter called the Bourne Shell.
The cat command takes any characters from standard input, and then echoes them to standard output.
A pipe is a means of taking the output of one command and directing it as another command.
The manual entry is called a man page, even though it is often more than one page long.
In Multics, a process could have up to 256K segments, but each segment was limited to ___________ 64K words.
64K
32K
1024K
112K
BSD stands for_____________________
Basic Software Division
Berkeley Software Distribution
British Software Distribution
Berkeley Software data
The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows
All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT
Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory
The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change
This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file
Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive
An unauthorized party inserts counterfeit objects into the system is called_________________
interruption
interception
fabrication
modification
The operating system is the most common type of ___ Software
System
Application
Word processing software
Communication
A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
Recently deleted files are stored in
Taskbar
Desktop
My computer
Recycle bin
Windows 2000 supports -------------- type of file system
NTFS
EFS
FEFS
EFFS
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
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
Because the I/O devices are not synchronized with the CPU, some information must be exchanged between the CPU and the device to ensure that the data is received reliably. This interaction between the CPU and an I/O device is usually referred to as ____________
polling
arbitration
handshaking
interrupting
Which of the following operating system reads and reacts in actual time?
Quick Response System
Time Sharing System
Batch Processing System
Real Time System
A shared memory segment first needs to be allocated (create, using the__________ system call.
semget()
msgrcv()
shmget()
mknod()
Find out the characteristics of System-oriented names:
They are large integers or bit strings.
They are of the same size
Generally shorter than human-oriented names and are easy for manipulations like hashing, sorting and so on.
All A, B, C
What is Dr. Watson?
IT Expert
Diagnosis tool
Surgeon
None