Operating System Flashcards

1
Q

What is the maximum length of filename in DOS

A

8

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2
Q

cui full form and exceptional example

A

character user interface / MS DOS

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3
Q

GUI and CUI are two types of :

A

Interface

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4
Q

A computer cannot boot if doesn
t have

A

operating system

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5
Q

What is cold boot

A

Turn on the computer for the first time on a day

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6
Q

Restarting a running computer is called

A

Warm boot

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7
Q

When was first operating system developed

A

1950

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8
Q

Who developed Linux

A

Linus Torvalds

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9
Q

Most popular 16 bit operating system

A

MS-DOS

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10
Q

what operating system doesn’t support more than one program

A

dos

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11
Q

Primary purpose of operating system :

A

manage resources

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12
Q

DOS full form

A

Disk operating System

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13
Q

What are less known file formats supported by windows :

A

NTFS
FAT32
exFAT

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14
Q

full form of FAT

A

file allocation table

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15
Q

full form of NTFS

A

new technology file format

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16
Q

BIOS full form

A

basic input output system

17
Q

BIOS is used by

A

Operating System

18
Q

COW stands for

A

Copy overwrite

19
Q

Which OS runs on server

A

Network OS

20
Q

for what purpose fence register is used

A

To memory protection

21
Q

What type of commands are required to perform various tasks in DOS

A

External Command

22
Q

type of command are required to perform various tasks in DOS

A

External Command

23
Q

which windows doesn’t has the start button

A

windows 8

24
Q

For an effective operating system, when to check for deadlock?

A

every time a resource request is made at fixed time intervals

25
Q

The technique in which CPU generates physical addresses directly is known as

A

Real Adressing

26
Q

What process doesn’t directly interrupt the running process

A

Scheduler Process

27
Q

What can’t be scheduled by the kernel

A

User Level Thread

28
Q

In distributed operating systems, link and site failure is detected by

A

Handshaking

29
Q

The wait operation in semaphore basically works on the basic _______ system call.

A

block()

30
Q

Paging increases which time

A

context switch time

31
Q

Resources which can be taken away from a a process without causing any ill effects to the process are called

A

preemptable resources

32
Q

Physical memory is broken down into fixed-sized blocks called

A

frames

33
Q

In segmentation each segment is specified by

A

a segment number and offset

34
Q

Which command is used to delete the directory which is not empty

A

rm -r

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