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If there are 64 pages and the page size is 2048 words, what is the length of logical address? *A.15 bits B.17 bitsC.16 bitsD.14 bits
The general role of an operating system is to: *A.Act as an interface between various computersB.Provide a set of services to system usersC.None of the other choicesD.Manage files for application programs
Rearrange the layers in I/O software starting at the bottom: 1. User-level I/O software; 2. Device drivers; 3. Interrupt handlers; 4. Hardware; 5. Device-independent OS software. *0/11523454321 1234545351
The File System Performance is implemented by _____ *0/1Block Read AheadBuffer cache All of the othersDefragmenting Disks
Operating system abstraction supports the ability to have ______ operation even when there is only one CPU available *1/1multiplenone of the other choicesparallelpseudoparallelism
Imagine that a certain modem can read 7,000 characters per second and that the time to read a character to the modem register is so short it can be ignored. If to run this modem using interrupt-driven I/O and each character read requires an interrupt that takes 10 µsec all-in to service. How many percent of the CPU is available to do other work?A.93% of the CPUB.7% of the CPUC.4% of the CPUD.96% of the CPU
Where is the position of the operating system in computer system: *A.Between the user interface program and the application ProgramB.Above the hardware and under the user interface programC.In user spaceB.None of the other choices
The disk blocks in a partition that contains the top of the file system tree is called: *A.Root directoryB.SuperblockC.Boot blockD.Free space management blocks
Which of the following statements does not apply to manual deadlock management? *A.Deadlock is relatively infrequent for some system resourcesB.OS designers are normally very sensitive to deadlock when designing resource managersC.Recovery may involves rebooting the systemD.None of the other choices
A system with 32 bit virtual address. If the page size is 16 KB and each table entry occupies 4 bytes, what is the size of the page table? *A.4 MBB.1 MBC.2 MB D.8 MB
Which of the following is not correct about hard links and symbolic links? *A.Symbolic links need space to store the name and the file pointed toB.Symbolic links can point to files in the networkC.Hard links do not require extra disk spaceD.Hard links can point to files on other machines
In a directed graph used to model deadlock, processes are represented using *A.EllipseB.CircularC.SquaresD.Rectangle
A(n) _________ is provided to make system calls from some programming languages *1/1operatorNone of the otherspointerprocedure library
Which are file types? *0/1Character special filesBlock special files Regular filesAll of the others
Which solutions are used to solve the shared libraries? *1/1Copy on write and position-independent code Relocation on the fly and position-independent codeStatic reallocation and position-independent codeNone of the others
Which method is used to implement files to keep each file as a linked list of disk blocks? *0/1Contiguous Allocationi-node Linked List AllocationFile Allocation Table
A system has five processes and three allocated resources. The current allocation and request needs are as following figure. What do the processes progress in sequence?0/1Captionless ImageABCDEADCEBADECB ACDEB
If in a resource-allocation graph, each resource type has exactly one instance, which of the following indicate a deadlock situation? *A.The graph has no cycleB.The graph is not connectedC.The graph has at least one cycleD.The graph is connected
How many is maximum number of partition that most disk can be divided up into?A.1B.4C.3D.2
What is the weakness of the Banker's algorithm?A.Enabling the number of resources to fluctuateB.Enabling processes to hold their resources indefinitelyC.Requiring that processes state their maximum needs in advanceD.Allowing the population of processes to vary over time
