This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Disk Scheduling”. 1. In _______ information is recorded magnetically on platters. a) magnetic disks b) electrical disks c) assemblies d) cylinders 2. The heads of the magnetic disk are attached to a _____ that moves all the heads as a unit. a) … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “I/O Subsystem”. 1. I/O hardware contains ____________ a) Bus b) Controller c) I/O port and its registers d) All of the mentioned 2. The data-in register of I/O port is ____________ a) Read by host to get input b) Read by controller … Read more
This set of Operating System Question Bank focuses on “File System Implementation – Network File System – 2”. 1. The NFS servers ____________ a) are stateless b) save the current state of the request c) maybe stateless d) none of the mentioned 2. Every NFS request has a _________ allowing the server to determine if … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “File System Implementation – Network File System”. 1. A machine in Network file system (NFS) can be ________ a) client b) server c) both client and server d) neither client nor server 2. A _________ directory is mounted over a directory of … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “File System Implementation – Recovery”. 1. Some directory information is kept in main memory or cache to ___________ a) fill up the cache b) increase free space in secondary storage c) decrease free space in secondary storage d) speed up access 2. … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “File System Implementation – Performance”. 1. _______ tend to represent a major bottleneck in system performance. a) CPUs b) Disks c) Programs d) I/O 2. In UNIX, even an ’empty’ disk has a percentage of its space lost to ______ a) programs … Read more
This set of Operating System Puzzles focuses on “File System Implementation – Allocation Methods – 3”. 1. A better way of contiguous allocation to extend the file size is _____________ a) adding an extent (another chunk of contiguous space) b) adding an index table to the first contiguous block c) adding pointers into the first … Read more
This set of Basic Operating System Questions and Answers focuses on “File System Implementation – Allocation Methods – 2”. 1. A device driver can be thought of like a translator. Its input consists of _____ commands and output consists of _______ instructions. a) high level, low level b) low level, high level c) complex, simple … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Allocation Methods”. 1. The three major methods of allocating disk space that are in wide use are _____________ a) contiguous b) linked c) indexed d) all of the mentioned 2. In contiguous allocation _____________ a) each file must occupy a set of … Read more
This set of Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “File System Interface Protection”. 1. Reliability of files can be increased by _____________ a) keeping the files safely in the memory b) making a different partition for the files c) by keeping them in external storage d) by keeping duplicate copies of … Read more
