The time taken by the Dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as _________________.
Turnaround time
Dispatch Latency
Access time
Response time
Correct Answer :
B. Dispatch Latency
Related Questions
Ext2 is the standard file system of _______ and uses a block size of_____bytes
MS DOS,8K
Linux ,1024
Linux, 512
Unix, 512
BSD stands for_____________________
Basic Software Division
Berkeley Software Distribution
British Software Distribution
Berkeley Software data
The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
Name of the file
Extension of the file
The amount of memory in your computer
All of above
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
RAM
ROM
The CPU
Memory Cache
____________approach can place the data directly into the memory or take the data directly from the memory without direct intervention from the processor.
DMA
Daisy chain arbitration
polling
none of these
Having data belonging to two independent processes in the same page is called____________.
Buffering
Blocking
Message-passing
False sharing
The find command is different from most UNIX commands in that each of the argument expressions following the beginning path name is considered a _____________
action expression
Boolean expression.
Boolean constant
Search qualifiers
An orphan process is automatically inherited by the _____and becomes a _______ of this process.
'init' process, father
'init' process, child
'initial process, father
'it' process, child
______________is a mechanism the prevents two or more processes from accessing a shared resource simultaneously.
Livelock
Preemption
Semaphore
either or
The name services of DCE include ________
the Cell Directory Service
the Global Directory Service
the Global Directory Agent
A,B and C
When a child dies, it sends a _______________signal to its parent.
SIGCHLD
EDEADLK
WNOHANG
SEDECHLD
When copying more than one file at a time, you must specify an existing directory as the ___________
Source
Sub directory
Destination.
Path name
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 two-byte integer called ____________is interpreted as an index into an array of inodes in a fixed, known location on disk.
an inode
an inumber
an imap
an imark
The time taken by the Dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as _________________.
Turnaround time
Dispatch Latency
Access time
Response time
_______________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
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
The two sub systems of user mode layer of windows 2000 are _________ and __________
excel, executive
environment, integral
orbit , kernel
Kernel , executive
The ______________ unpacks the call receipt messages from local RPC Runtime and makes a perfect local call to invoke the appropriate procedure in the server.
server Stub
server
client
client stub
A solution to starvation is _____________.
segmentation
Aging
Paging
virtual memory
The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk
Format
Fdisk
Subst
All of the above
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
Recently deleted files are stored in
Taskbar
Desktop
My computer
Recycle bin
__ is the program run on a computer when the computer boots up
System software
Operating system
System operations
None
A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
An option commonly takes the form of a _____followed by __________characters.
dot, one or more
dash, only one
dash, one or more
dot,only two
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
Wiretapping to capture data in a network is an example of ________________
interruption
interception
fabrication
modification
_____________typically contains temporary data such as subroutine parameter, return address, and temporary variables.
Current value of Program Counter
Value of the variables
The process stack
A data section
A process is _________________
program in main memory
Program in cache memory
program in secondary storage
program in execution