Operating System MCQs

1019 MCQs  (Page 57 of 102)

The __________ is used by device controllers to request service.
A. Nonmaskable interrupt
B. Blocked interrupt
C. Maskable interrupt
D. None of the mentioned
The interrupt vector contains ____________
A. The interrupts
B. The memory addresses of specialized interrupt handlers
C. The identifiers of interrupts
D. The device addresses
For large data transfers, _________ is used.
A. Dma
B. Programmed i/o
C. Controller register
D. None of the mentioned
A character stream device transfers ____________
A. Bytes one by one
B. Block of bytes as a unit
C. With unpredictable response times
D. None of the mentioned
A block device transfers ____________
A. Bytes one by one
B. Block of bytes as a unit
C. With unpredictable response times
D. None of the mentioned
What is a dedicated device?
A. Opposite to a sharable device
B. Same as a sharable device
C. Can be used concurrently by several processes
D. None of the mentioned
A keyboard is an example of a device that is accessed through a __________ interface.
A. Block stream
B. Set of blocks
C. Character stream
D. None of the mentioned
In polling ____________
A. Busy €? wait cycles wait for i/o from device
B. Interrupt handler receives interrupts
C. Interrupt-request line is triggered by i/o device
D. All of the mentioned