Operating System MCQs

1019 MCQs  (Page 34 of 102)

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
A disk that has a boot partition is called a _________
A. Start disk
B. End disk
C. Boot disk
D. All of the mentioned
Defective sectors on disks are often known as __________
A. Good blocks
B. Destroyed blocks
C. Bad blocks
D. None of the mentioned
An unrecoverable error is known as _________
A. Hard error
B. Tough error
C. Soft error
D. None of the mentioned
When the process issues an I/O request __________
A. It is placed in an i/o queue
B. It is placed in a waiting queue
C. It is placed in the ready queue
D. It is placed in the job queue
What will happen when a process terminates?
A. It is removed from all queues
B. It is removed from all, but the job queue
C. Its process control block is de-allocated
D. Its process control block is never de-allocated
What is a long-term scheduler?
A. It selects processes which have to be brought into the ready queue
B. It selects processes which have to be executed next and allocates cpu
C. It selects processes which heave to remove from memory by swapping
D. None of the mentioned