Chapter 1 operating System

Is the operating system a resource allocator?

• True

• False

What is an operating system?

• interface between the hardware and application programs

• collection of programs that manages hardware resources

• system service provider to the application programs

• all of the mentioned

Which one of the following is not true?

• kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

• kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system

• kernel is the first part of the operating system to load into memory during booting

• kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system

Which one of the following errors will be handle by the operating system?

• lack of paper in printer

• connection failure in the network

• power failure

• all of the mentioned

In a timeshare operating system, when the time slot assigned to a process is completed, the process switches from the current state to

• Suspended state

• Terminated state

• Ready state

• Blocked state

The main memory accommodates

• cpu

• user processes

• operating system

• all of the mentioned

On systems where there are multiple operating system, the decision to load a particular one is done by

• process control block

• file control block

• boot loader

• bootstrap

The _______ program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system

• bootstrap

• main

• bootloader

• rom

Do users care about recourse utilization?

• True

• False

which of the following is not a system software ?

• Compilers

• debuggers

• drivers

• database systems