Computer Knowledge Questions | RBI GRADE "B" AND NICL AO 2017 | 25.05.2017

Q. 1. Which of the following loader is executed when a system is first turned on or restarted?

(1) Boot loader

(2) Compile and Go loader

(3) Bootstrap loader

(4) Relating loader

(5) POST

Ans. (3) Bootstrap loader is executed when a system is first turned on or restarted.

Q. 2. “Throughput” of a system is _______

(1) Number of programs processed by it per unit time

(2) Number of times the program is invoked by the system

(3) Number of requests made to a program by the system

(4) Number of device processed by it per unit time

(5) Number of data processed by it per unit time

Ans. (1) “Throughput” of a system is number of programs processed by it per unit time

Q. 3. A linker program _______

(1) Places the program in the memory for the purpose of execution.

(2) Relocates the program to execute from the specific memory area allocated to it.

(3) Links the program with other programs needed for its execution.

(4) Interfaces the program with the entities generating its input data.

(5) None of these

Ans. (3) A linker program links the program with other programs needed for its execution.

Q. 4. A program in execution is called _______.

(1) Process

(2) Function

(3) Data

(4) Memory

(5) Object Program

Ans. (1) A program in execution is called a process.

Q. 5. Virtual memory is ________,

(1) Simple to implement

(2) Used in all major commercial operating systems

(3) Less efficient in utilization of memory

(4) Useful when fast I/O devices are not available

(5) None of these

Ans. (2) Virtual memory is used in all major commercial operating systems.

Q. 6. Virtual memory can be implemented with

(1) Segmentation

(2) Paging

(3) Spooling

(4) All of the above

(5) Both 1 and 2

Ans. (5) Virtual memory can be implemented with

Q. 7. ____________ is a technique of temporarily removing inactive programs from the memory of computer system.

(1) Swapping

(2) Spooling

(3) Semaphore

(4) Scheduler

(5) Switching

Ans. (1) Swapping is a technique of temporarily removing inactive programs from the memory of computer system.

Q. 8. A program in execution is called ________.

(1) Process

(2) Function

(3) CPU

(4) Memory

(5) Fork

Ans. (1) Process

Q. 9. The “blocking factor” of a file is ______.

(1) The number of blocks accessible to a file

(2) The number of blocks allocated to a file

(3) The number of logical records in one physical record

(4) All

(5) None of the above

Ans. (3) The number of logical records in one physical record

Q. 10. Which amongst the following is not an advantage of Distributed systems?

(1) Reliability

(2) Incremental growth

(3) Resource sharing

(4) Cost-effective

(5) None of the above

Ans. (1) Reliability is not an advantage of Distributed systems.