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Operating System Subcategories

Application Io Interface 1	Application Io Interface 2
Atomic Transactions	Basics
Classic Sync Problems	Communication Systems Bandwidth Transmission Medium
Cpu Scheduling	Cpu Scheduling 2
Cpu Scheduling Algorithms 1	Cpu Scheduling Algorithms 2
Cpu Scheduling Benefits	Critical Section Problem
Deadlock	Deadlock Avoidance
Deadlock Detection	Deadlock Prevention
Deadlock Recovery	Disk Management
Disk Scheduling 1	Disk Scheduling 2
Distributed File System	Distributed Operating System
Distributed Synchronization	File System 1
File System Allocation Methods 1	File System Allocation Methods 2
File System Allocation Methods 3	File System Concepts
File System Free Space Performance	File System Implementation
File System Interface Access Methods 1	File System Interface Access Methods 2
File System Interface Directory Structure 1	File System Interface Directory Structure 2
File System Interface Mounting Sharing	File System Interface Protection
File System Recovery	Inter Process Communication
Io Subsystem	Kernel Io Subsystems
Linux	Mass Storage Raid 1
Mass Storage Raid 2	Mass Storage Tertiary Storage
Memory Allocation 1	Memory Allocation 2
Memory Management	Memory Management Paging 1
Memory Management Paging 2	Memory Management Segmentation
Memory Management Swapping 1	Memory Management Swapping 2
Multi Threading Models	Multimedia System Compression 1
Multimedia System Compression 2	Multimedia System Compression 3
Multimedia System Cpu Disk Scheduling	Multimedia System Network Management
Network File System 1	Network File System 2
Network Structure Topology	Operating System
Process Control Block	Process Creation
Process Rpc	Process Scheduling Queue
Process Structures	Process Sync Monitors
Process Synchronization	Processes
Protection Access Matrix	Protection Concepts
Protection Memory Protection	Protection Revocation Access Rights
Robustness	Rtos
Secondary Storage	Security
Security Cryptography	Security Intrusion Detection
Security Program System Threats	Security System Facility
Security User Authentication	Semaphores 1
Semaphores 2	Swap Space Management
Threads	Threads Cancellation
Threads Fork Exec	Threads Pools
Threads Signal Handling	Threads Ult Klt
Two Port Network	Virtual Memory
Virtual Memory Demand Paging	Virtual Memory Frame Allocation
Virtual Memory Page Replacement Algorithms 1	Virtual Memory Page Replacement Algorithms 2
Virtual Memory Thrashing

The two steps the operating system takes to use a disk to hold its files are _______ and ________

A. Partitioning & logical formatting
B. Swap space creation & caching
C. Caching & logical formatting
D. Logical formatting & swap space creation

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The _______ program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system.

A. Main
B. Bootloader
C. Bootstrap
D. Rom

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The process of dividing a disk into sectors that the disk controller can read and write, before a disk can store data is known as ____________

A. Partitioning
B. Swap space creation
C. Low-level formatting
D. None of the mentioned

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The data structure for a sector typically contains ____________

A. Header
B. Data area
C. Trailer
D. All of the mentioned

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The header and trailer of a sector contain information used by the disk controller such as _________ and _________

A. Main section & disk identifier
B. Error correcting codes (ecc) & sector number
C. Sector number & main section
D. Disk identifier & sector number

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For most computers, the bootstrap is stored in ________

A. Ram
B. Rom
C. Cache
D. Tertiary storage

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A disk that has a boot partition is called a _________

A. Start disk
B. End disk
C. Boot disk
D. All of the mentioned

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Defective sectors on disks are often known as __________

A. Good blocks
B. Destroyed blocks
C. Bad blocks
D. None of the mentioned

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In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of _________ on the disk. The disk is initialized during ________ which sets aside spare sectors not to the operating system.

A. Destroyed blocks, high level formatting
B. Bad blocks, partitioning
C. Bad blocks, low level formatting
D. Destroyed blocks, partitioning

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In SCSI disks used in high end PCs, the controller maintains a list of bad blocks on the disk. The disk is initialized during low-level formatting which sets aside spare sectors not to the operating system. The scheme used is known as _______ or ________

A. Sector sparing & forwarding
B. Forwarding & sector utilization
C. Backwarding & forwarding
D. Sector utilization & backwarding

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