Objective Question 4

1 Which is not an Operating System?

A. Windows 95

B.  MS-Dos

C. Windows 3.1

D. windows

Answer : C 

 

2. The operating system manages________.

A. Memory

B. Processor

C. Disk and l/O devices

D. All of the above

Answer: D

3. Who is called a supervisor of computer acitvity?

A. CPU

B. Operating system

C. Control unit

D. Application program

Answer: B

4. What is the name of the software which can be legally compiled and often used for free?

A. Shareware program

B. Public domain program

C. Firmware program

D. Mind Ware

Answer: B

5. The principle of locality of reference justifies the use of ________.

A. Virtual Memory

B.  Interrupts  

C. Main Memory 

D. Cache Memory

Answer :D

6. The section of code which acesses shared variables is called as ______.
A. Critical Section
B. Block
C. Procedure
D. Semaphore
Answer : A

7. In memory management a technique called as paging physical memory is broken into fixed sized blocks called ______. 
A. Pages
B. Frames
C. Blocks
D. Segments
Answer : B

8.  The State of a process after it encounters an I/O instruction is _____. 
A. Ready
B. Blocked / Waiting
C. Idle
D. Running
Answer : B

9.  Which of the following file name extension suggests that the file is Backup copy of another file ? 
A. TXT
B. COM
C. BAS
D. BAK
Answer : D

10.  The operating system of a computer serves as software interface between the user and _______.
A. Hardware
B. Peripheral
C. Memory
D. Screen
Answer : A

   

Objective Question 3

11. This type of software is designed to help you be more productive tasks, and is widely used in nearly every discipline and occupation. 
(a) Communications Software
(b) Utility Software
(c) Basic Applications Software
(d) System Software
Answer: (d)

12. Minicomputers are also known as
(a) Midrange computers
(b) Personal Digital Assistants
(c) Mainframe computers
(d) Laptop computers
Answer:(d)

13. Which of the following is the biggest unit of memory?
(a) Gigabytes,
(b) Bytes,
(c) Megabytes,
(d) Kilobytes,
Answer:(a)
 
14. Following are the file compression programs, EXCEPT
(a) Win Zip
(b) RAID
(c) Win RAR
(d) PKZIP
Answer:(b)
 
15. The easiest way to access any part of the screen in the windows operating system is using the 
(a) Keyboard
(b) Rat
(c) Mouse
(d) Joy Stick
Answer:(c)
 
16. Each 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system is called a bit. 
(a)  True
(b) False
Answer:(a)
 
17. Floppy disks are removable storage media.
(a)  True
(b) False
Answer(a)
 
18. Random Access Memory (RAM) is ...................... type of memory
(a) Permanent,
(b) Temporary,
(c) Flash,
(d) Smart,
Answer:(b)
 
19. Which of the following device is used to play fast games on a computer?
(a) Touch surface,
(b) Touch screen,
(c) Track ball,
(d) Joystick,
Answer:(d)
 
20. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, and system unit, collectively also known as 
(a) Solid ware,
(b) Software,
(c) Hardware,
(d) Firmware,
Answer:(c)
 

 

Objective Question 2

1. _________ is a pointing devise.

    A. Mouse
    B. Printer
    C. Monitor
    D. Keyborad
         Answer : A

2. A CD-R stands for CD-Regional.
   A. Ture
   B. False
  Answer : A

3. Eight bits make up a byte
  A. Ture
  B. False
  Answer : A

4. Data stored in RAM is
  A. Is non-volatile.
  B. Is only there while the power is on,
 C. Remains only a few minutes after the power is turned off ,
 D. Is permanent and only lost in power failure
      Answer : B
5. A track on disk is one of the many circular ring shaped areas where data is written magnetically.
  A. Ture
  B. False
     Answer  : A

6. The capacity of storage is usually measured in terms of bytes .
   A.  Ture
   B.  False
    Answer : A

7. Random Access Memory (RAM)is_____________type of memory
   A. Permanent
   B. Temporary.
  C.  Flash.
  D.  Smart.
    Answer: B

8. Uninstall programs helps us to remove unwanted programs installed in the computer. 
  A.Ture
  B.False  
  Answer : A


9.Cache memory is used to store most frequently accessed information from the RAM.
  A. True
  B. False
   Answer : A

10. The keys labeled  0-9 on the keyboard are called.
    A. Function
    B. Numeric keys.
   C.  Typerwriter keys.
   D.  Special purpose
      Answer : B

OBJECTIVE QUESTION 1

1. ALU is
A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
B. Array Logic Unit
C. Application
D. None of above

Answer : (A)

2 . VGA is 
A. Video Graphics Array
B. Visual Graphics Array
C. Volatile Graphics Array
D. Video Graphics Adapter

Answer : (D) 

3. Which is not an Operation System ? 
A. Windows 95
B. MS-DOS
C. Windows 3.1
D. Windows 2000

Answer ( C) 

4.  The  operating system manages_ __ ___.
A.Memory
B.Processor
C.Disk and l/o devices
D.All of the above
Answer( d)

5. IT IS NOT THE LAYER OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
A.Kernel
B.Shell
C.Application
D.Critcal section
Answer( d)

6_ _ _ _ _ _ __BEGINS AT THE ROOT AND FOLLOWS A PATH DOWN TO THE SPECIFIED FILE
A.Relative path name
B.Absolute path name 
C.Standalone name
D.All of the above
Answer( b)

7. Who is called a supervisor of computer acitvity?
A CPU
B.Operating system
C.Control unit
D.Application program
Answer( b)

8. Consider the two statements. (A)Protection is an internal problem.(B) Security is considered   as an external environment within which the system works. Which of the statement is not true?
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above
Answer( d)

9. The process related to process control, file management, device management, information
about system and communication that is requested by any higher level language can be
performed by_ __ _ _ _ ___.
A. Editors
B. compilers
C. System Call
D. Caching
Answer( C )

10. Mutual exclusion
A. If one process in a critical region others are excluded
B.Prevents deadlock
C. Requires semaphores to implement
D. Is found only in the Windows NT operating system
Answer( a )