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Dive deep into the fascinating world of Operating System with our comprehensive set of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs). This page is dedicated to exploring the fundamental concepts and intricacies of Operating System, a crucial aspect of UGC CBSE NET Exam. In this section, you will encounter a diverse range of MCQs that cover various aspects of Operating System, from the basic principles to advanced topics. Each question is thoughtfully crafted to challenge your knowledge and deepen your understanding of this critical subcategory within UGC CBSE NET Exam.

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Q91.
Suppose S and Q are two semaphores initialized to 1. P1 and P2 are two processes which are sharing resources.

P1 has statements                 P2 has statements
wait(S) ;                                     wait(Q) ;
wait(Q) ;                                     wait(S) ;
critical section1;                       critical section 2;
signal(S) ;                                 signal(Q) ;
signal(Q) ;                                 signal(S) ;

Their execution may sometimes lead to an undesirable situation called

a.

Starvation

b.

Race condition

c.

Multithreading

d.

Deadlock

Discuss
Answer: (d).Deadlock
Q92.
An operating system using banker’s algorithm for deadlock avoidance has ten dedicated devices (of same type) and has three processes P1, P2 and P3 with maximum resource requirements of 4, 5 and 8 respectively. There are two states of allocation of devices as follows:

State 1   Processes                 P1       P2       P3
Devices allocated    2          3          4

State 2   Processes                 P1       P2       P3
Devices allocated    0          2          4

Which of the following is correct?

a.

State 1 is unsafe and state 2 is safe.

b.

State 1 is safe and state 2 is unsafe.

c.

Both, state 1 and state 2 are safe.

d.

Both, state 1 and state 2 are unsafe.

Discuss
Answer: (a).State 1 is unsafe and state 2 is safe.
Q93.
Let the time taken to switch between user mode and kernel mode of execution be T1 while time taken to switch between two user processes be T2. Which of the following is correct?

a.

T1 < T2

b.

T1 > T2

c.

T1 = T2

d.

Nothing can be said about the relation between T1 and T2.

Discuss
Answer: (a).T1 < T2
Q94.
Working set model is used in memory management to implement the concept of

a.

Swapping

b.

Principal of Locality

c.

Segmentation

d.

Thrashing

Discuss
Answer: (b).Principal of Locality
Q95.
A thread is usually defined as a light weight process because an Operating System (OS) maintains smaller data structure for a thread than for a process. In relation to this, which of the following statement is correct?

a.

OS maintains only scheduling and accounting information for each thread.

b.

OS maintains only CPU registers for each thread.

c.

OS does not maintain a separate stack for each thread.

d.

OS does not maintain virtual memory state for each thread.

Discuss
Answer: (b).OS maintains only CPU registers for each thread.
Q96.
The versions of windows operating system like windows XP and window Vista uses following file system:

a.

FAT-16

b.

FAT-32

c.

NTFS (NT File System)

d.

All of the above

Discuss
Answer: (d).All of the above
Q97.
Pre-emptive scheduling is the strategy of temporarily suspending a gunning process

a.

before the CPU time slice expires

b.

to allow starving processes to run

c.

when it requests I/O

d.

to avoid collision

Discuss
Answer: (a).before the CPU time slice expires
Q98.
In round robin CPU scheduling as time quantum is increased the average turn around time

a.

increases

b.

decreases

c.

remains constant

d.

varies irregularly

Discuss
Answer: (d).varies irregularly
Q99.
Consider the following page trace : 4,3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5. Percentage of page fault that would occur if FIFO page replacement algorithm is used with number of frames for the JOB m=4 will be

a.

8

b.

9

c.

10

d.

12

Discuss
Answer: (c).10
Q100.
Which of the following is scheme to deal with deadlock ?

a.

Time out

b.

Time in

c.

Both (A) & (B)

d.

None of the above

Discuss
Answer: (a).Time out
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