Q. The first batch operating system was developed in the ................. by General Motors for use on an
IBM 701.

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Q. ................... is a facility that allows programmers to address memory from a logical point of view, without regard to the main memory, physically available.

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Q. ............ is a large kernel, including scheduling file system, networking, device drivers, memory management and more.

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Q. A .................... architecture assigns only a few essential functions to the kernel, including address
spaces, Inter process communication (IPC) and basic scheduling.

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Q. With ................ only one process can execute at a time; meanwhile all other process are waiting
for the processer. With .............. more than one process can be running simultaneously each on a
different processer.

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Q. The two central themes of modern operating system are ...............

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Q. Process Management function of an operating system kernel includes

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Q. ............ is a special type of programming language used to provide instructions to the monitor simple batch processing schema.

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Q. ……………….. is a example of an operating system that support single user process and single thread.

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Q. Which of the following are the functions of operating system?

i) recovering from errors ii) facilitating input/output
iii) facilitating parallel operation iv) sharing hardware among users
v) implementing user interface

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Q. Operating System means ........................

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Q. Which of the following is not OS layer?

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Q. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer.

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Q. ______ shares characteristics with both hardware and software.

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Q. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?

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Q. Which is built directly on the hardware?

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Q. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?

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Q. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?

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Q. Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program ?

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Q. The primary purpose of an operating system is:

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