Q. 1. Which of the following is not a fundamental process state?
(1) Ready
(2) Terminated
(3) Executing
(4) Running
(5) Blocked
Ans. (5) Blocked state is not a fundamental process state.
Q. 2. Program ‘preemption’ is ______.
(1) Forced deallocation of the CPU from a program which is executing on the CPU.
(2) Release of CPU by the program after completing its task.
(3) Forced allotment of CPU by a program to itself.
(4) A program terminating itself due to detection of an error.
(5) A program in its blocked state.
Ans. (1) Forced deallocation of the CPU from a program which is executing on the CPU.
Q. 3. The term ‘page traffic’ describes _______.
(1) Number of pages in memory at a given instant
(2) Number of papers required to be brought in at a given page request
(3) The movement of pages in and out of memory
(4) Number of pages of executing programs loaded in memory
(5) None of these
Ans. (3) The ‘page traffic’ describes movement of pages in and out of memory.
Q. 4. An assembler is ________.
(1) Programming language dependent
(2) Syntax dependant
(3) Machine dependant
(4) Data dependant
(5) Code dependent
Ans. (3) Machine Dependent
Q. 5. System software is classified into _______
(1) Operating system
(2) Language processor
(3) Application software
(4) DOS
(5) Both (1) and (2)
Ans. (5) System software is classified into Operating system and Language processor.
Q. 6. Which one of the following is not a type of a language processor?
(1) Compiler
(2) Interpreter
(3) Application software
(4) Assembler
(5) Both 1 and 3
Ans. (3) Application software
Q. 7. Which one of the following utilities is used to store duplicate or multiple copies of important files?
(1) Antivirus
(2) Disk defragmenter
(3) Compression utility
(4) Zip Disk
(5) Backup utility
Ans. (5) Backup utility is used to store duplicate or multiple copies of important files.
Q. 8. Which one of the following software is developed according to the user requirement?
(1) Operating system
(2) System software
(3) Customized software
(4) Language processor
(5) Application software
Ans. (3) Customized software is developed according to the user requirement.
Q. 9. Which of the following language uses only numbers such as 0s and 1s?
(1) Fifth generation language
(2) Second generation language
(3) Third generation language
(4) Fourth generation language
(5) First generation language
Ans. (5) First generation language
Q. 10. The assembly language uses symbols instead of numbers which are known as _____.
(1) Compiler
(2) Mnemonics
(3) Interpreter
(4) Symbolic
(5) All of these
Ans. (2) The assembly language uses symbols instead of numbers which are known as Mnemonics.
