When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)
Page file
Spool
Stack
Interrupt
Correct Answer :
D. Interrupt
Related Questions
In Windows, start button is used to
Device setting
Run applications
All of above
Turn off the system
The controller can access memory in memory cycles which are not used by the particular bank of memory into which the DMA controller is writing data. This approach, called _________
interrupting
cycle stealing
swapping
paging
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
IDL stands for_____________________
Integrated Data library
Isolated Data Library
Interface Data Language
Interface Definition Language
The early ARPAnet is an example of a distributed computing system based on the ________________.
Minicomputer model
Workstation model
Hybrid model
Processor pool model
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
SRM stands for
Security Resource Manager
Secret Resource Manager
Security Reference Monitor
Security Reference Manual
Choose the correct statement from the following.
In computer terminology, variables are symbols which stand for some value.
An alternative method for executing the commands in the file backup is to make the file as directory.
The restricted shell gives more control to the system administrator and restricts the options of the user.
The decision making done by computer programs is in the form of conditional execution.
The command used to create logical drive for specific location of disk
Format
Fdisk
Subst
All of the above
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
____ 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
IPC stands for _________
Integrated parallel communication
Intermediate process call
Internal program call
Inter process communication
A program to be executed must be in ---------------
main memory
secondary memory
virtual memory
Read only memory
Which of the following is drop down list?
Combo box
List
Text area
None
When copying more than one file at a time, you must specify an existing directory as the ___________
Source
Sub directory
Destination.
Path name
In MS-DOS, the interfaces and levels of functionality are _______________
not well separated.
well separated
independent
dependent
The ___ contains commands associated with the My Computer window
Start menu
Standard menu
System menu
None of the above
In _______, if a processor writes the value 100 to the memory location x, this write operation will only change the contents of its local memory and will not affect the contents of the memory of any other processor.
Tightly coupled systems,
Loosely coupled systems
Parallel processing systems
File management system
Taskbar is used for
Navigation program
Start a program
Switching between program
All of above
______________ are popular way to improve application through parallelism.
Processes
Threads
Context switching
none of these
The operating system is the most common type of ___ Software
System
Application
Word processing software
Communication
Which of the following does not occur during the power-on-self-test (POST)?
The scandisk utility begins to run
The video card and video memory are tested
The BIOS identification process occurs
Memory chip are checked to ensure that they are working properly
The Network Time Protocol is similar to _______________algorithm in that synchronization is also performed using time servers and an attempt is made to correct for communication latencies.
Banker's
Divide and conquer's
Cristians
Xdelta's
Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as
Hyperlink
Menu
Source drive
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
You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its
Tail
Move handle
Status bar
Title bar
______________ occurs when multiple processes or threads read and write data items so that the final result depends on the order of execution of instructions in the multiple processes.
Race condition
Mutual exclusion
Exception
Interrupt
The problem with logical dumping is ________________
very costly
very slow
human errors
all of these
Having data belonging to two independent processes in the same page is called____________.
Buffering
Blocking
Message-passing
False sharing
A page fault occurs when
the page is not found in the memory
the page is found in the memory
the Segmentation starts
the Deadlock happens