Revision Sheet

Computer
Grade 10
1st Semester
1. What is operating system?
a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
b) system service provider to the application programs
c) link to interface the hardware and application programs
d) all of the mentioned

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

the___________
a) System calls
b) API
c) Library
d) Assembly instructions

3. Which one of the following is not true?

a) kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system
b) kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting
c) kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system
d) kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

4. Which one of the following error will be handle by the operating system?
a) power failure
b) lack of paper in printer
c) connection failure in the network
d) all of the mentioned

5. What is the main function of the command interpreter?

a) to get and execute the next user-specified command
b) to provide the interface between the API and application program
c) to handle the files in operating system
d) none of the mentioned

6. By operating system, the resource management can be done via __________

a) time division multiplexing
b) space division multiplexing
c) time and space division multiplexing
d) none of the mentioned

7. If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______
a) log file
b) another running process
c) new file
d) none of the mentioned

8. Which facility dynamically adds probes to a running system, both in user processes
and in the kernel?
a) DTrace
b) DLocate
c) DMap
d) DAdd

9. Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?

a) VxWorks
b) Windows CE
c) RTLinux
d) Palm OS
10. The OS X has ____________
a) monolithic kernel
b) hybrid kernel
c) microkernel
d) monolithic kernel with modules

11. What is multimedia file?

a) is same as any other regular file
b) must be accessed at specific rate
c) stored on remote server can not be delivered to its client
d) none of the mentioned

12. In which type of streaming multimedia file is delivered to the client, but not shared?
a) real-time streaming
b) progressive download
c) compression
d) none of the mentioned

13. Which one of the following is the characteristic of a multimedia system?

a) high storage
b) high data rates
c) both high storage and high data rates
d) none of the mentioned

14. The delay that occur during the playback of a stream is called ___________
a) stream delay
b) playback delay
c) jitter
d) event delay

15. Which algorithm can be optimized to meet the timing deadlines and rate requirements
of continuous media?
a) Earliest-Deadline-First scheduling
b) SCAN-EDF scheduling
c) Both Earliest-Deadline-First scheduling & SCAN-EDF scheduling
d) None of the mentioned

16. Real time streaming protocol is used ___________

a) to control streaming media servers
b) for establishing and controlling media sessions between endpoints
c) to provide real time control of playback of media files from the server
d) all of the mentioned

17. In teardown state of real time streaming protocol is ___________

a) the server resources for client
b) server delivers the stream to client
c) server suspends delivery of stream
d) server breaks down the connection

18. CineBlitz multimedia server supports ___________

a) real time clients
b) non-real time clients
c) both real time & non-real time clients
d) none of the mentioned
19. Multimedia system require hard real time scheduling ___________
a) to ensure critical tasks will be serviced within timing deadlines
b) to deliver the media file to the client
c) to minimize the delay
d) for security

20. Which one of the following resource is not necessarily required on a file server?
a) secondary storage
b) processor
c) network
d) monitor

21. Linux uses a time-sharing algorithm ___________

a) to pair preemptive scheduling between multiple processes
b) for tasks where absolute priorities are more important than fairness
c) all of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned

22. The first linux kernel which supports the SMP hardware?
a) linux 0.1
b) linux 1.0
c) linux 1.2
d) linux 2.0

23. Which one of the following linux file system does not support journaling feature?
a) ext2
b) ext3
c) ext4
d) none of the mentioned

24. Which binary format is supported by linux?

a) a.out
b) elf
c) both a.out and ELF
d) none of the mentioned

25. Which one of the following bootloader is not used by linux?

a) GRUB
b) LILO
c) NTLDR
d) None of the mentioned

26. The first process launched by the linux kernel is ___________

a) init process
b) zombie process
c) batch process
d) boot process

27. Which desktop environment is not used in any linux distribution?

a) gnome
b) kde
c) unity
d) none of the mentioned
28. Standard set of functions through which interacts with kernel is defined
by___________
a) system libraries
b) kernel code
c) compilers
d) utility programs

29. What is Linux?

a) single user, single tasking
b) single user, multitasking
c) multi user, single tasking
d) multi user, multitasking

30. Which one of the following is not a linux distribution?

a) debian
b) gentoo
c) open SUSE
d) multics

31. ______ shares characteristics with both hardware and software.

a) Data
b) Operating system
c) None
d) Software

32. Which of the following Operating System does not implement multitasking truly?

a) MS DOS
b) Windows NT
c) Windows 98
d) Windows XP

33. Multiprogramming systems:

a) Are easier to develop than single programming systems.

b) Are used only one large mainframe computers.
c) Execute more jobs in the same time period.
d) Execute each job faster.

34. Which is built directly on the hardware?

a) Computer Environment
b) Application Software
c) Operating System
d) Database System

35. he primary purpose of an operating system is:

a) To make the most efficient use of computer hardware.

b) To keep systems programmers employed.
c) To make computers easier to use.
d) To allow people to use the computer.
36. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer.

a) None
b) Virtual device
c) Virtual computers
d) Virtual space

37. Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?

a) Operating system
b) System software
c) None
d) System operations

38. ______ is used in an operating system to separate mechanism from policy

a) Single level implementation

b) Two level implementation
c) None
d) Multi level implementation

39. Which is the layer of a computer system between the hardware and the user program?

a) Operating system
b) None
c) Operating environment
d) System environment

40. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on?

a) All
b) Operating System
c) System Software
d) Application Software