Operating System MCQs

1019 MCQs  (Page 74 of 102)

The usefulness of signals as a general inter process communication mechanism is limited because ____________
A. They do not work between processes
B. They are user generated
C. They cannot carry information directly
D. None of the mentioned
The usual effect of abnormal termination of a program is ____________
A. Core dump file generation
B. System crash
C. Program switch
D. Signal destruction
In most cases, if a process is sent a signal while it is executing a system call ____________
A. The system call will continue execution and the signal will be ignored completely
B. The system call is interrupted by the signal, and the signal handler comes in
C. The signal has no effect until the system call completes
D. None of the mentioned
A process can never be sure that a signal it has sent _____________
A. Has which identifier
B. Has not been lost
C. Has been sent
D. All of the mentioned
Virtual memory allows ____________
A. Execution of a process that may not be completely in memory
B. A program to be smaller than the physical memory
C. A program to be larger than the secondary storage
D. Execution of a process without being in physical memory
The instruction being executed, must be in ____________
A. Physical memory
B. Logical memory
C. Physical & logical memory
D. None of the mentioned
Error handler codes, to handle unusual errors are ____________
A. Almost never executed
B. Executed very often
C. Executed periodically
D. None of the mentioned