Types of OS Quiz

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

What is the main function of the command interpreter?

• to provide the interface between the API and application program

• to handle the files in the operating system

• to get and execute the next user-specified command

• none of the mentioned

To access the services of the operating system, the interface is provided by the ___________

• Library

• System calls

• Assembly instructions

• API

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

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

In real time operating system ____________

• process scheduling can be done only once

• all processes have the same priority

• kernel is not required

• a task must be serviced by its deadline period

Hard real time operating system has ______________ jitter than a soft real time operating system.

• equal

• more

• less

• none of the mentioned

For real time operating systems, interrupt latency should be ____________

• zero

• minimal

• maximum

• dependent on the scheduling

Network operating system runs on ___________

• every system in the network

• server

• both server and every system in the network

• none of the mentioned

What are the types of distributed operating systems?

• Zone based Operating system

• Level based Operating system

• Network Operating system

• All of the mentioned