Systems Programming Multiple choice Questions and Answers-System Programming Basics

1.	Which of the following system software resides in main memory always ?
a.	Text editor
b.	Assembler
c.	Linker
d.	Loader

Answer: (d).Loader

2.	Daisy chain is a device for ?
a.	Interconnecting a number of devices to number of controllers
b.	Connecting a number of devices to a controller
c.	Connecting a number of controller to devices
d.	All of above

Answer: (b).Connecting a number of devices to a controller

3.	Which of the following type of software should be used if you need to create,edit and print document ?
a.	Word processing
b.	Spreadsheet
c.	Desktop publishing
d.	UNIX

Answer: (a).Word processing

4.	Producer consumer problem can be solved using ?
a.	semaphores
b.	event counters
c.	monitors
d.	all of above

Answer: (d).all of above

5.	What is bootstraping?
a.	A language interpreting other language program
b.	A language compiling other language program
c.	A language compile itself
d.	All of above

Answer: (c).A language compile itself

6.	Shell is the exclusive feature of
a.	UNIX
b.	DOS
c.	System software
d.	Application software

Answer: (a).UNIX

7.	A program in execution is called
a.	Process
b.	Instruction
c.	Procedure
d.	Function

Answer: (a).Process

8.	Which of the following can be used as a criterion for classification of data structures used in language processing.
a.	nature of a data structure
b.	purpose of a data structure
c.	lifetime of a data structure
d.	all of the above

Answer: (d).all of the above

9.	A UNIX device driver is
a.	Structured into two halves called top half and bottom half
b.	Three equal partitions
c.	Unstructured
d.	None of the above

Answer: (a).Structured into two halves called top half and bottom half

10.	Memory
a.	is an device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
b.	is the device where information is stored
c.	is a sequence of instructions
d.	is a computational unit to perform specific functions

Answer: (b).is the device where information is stored