Top 550+ Solved Operating System Architecture MCQ Questions Answer
Q. "Awk" is a program that is primarily concerned with formatting output. It is designed to work best with pieces of data called
a. records
b. characters
c. fields
d. strings
Q. A bootstrap is :
a. the flat cable that connects the cpu to thre printer
b. the flat cable from the disk controller card to the disk driver
c. additional memory device
d. a small intialization program to start up the computer
Q. Which process checks to ensure the componenets of the computer and operating system are connected properly ?
a. booting
b. processing
c. saving
d. editing
Q. The main difference between application and system software is that ………
a. application software is composed of program instruction but system software is not
b. application software is stored in memory whereas system software is only the cap
c. system software is unnecessary wheras application software must be present on the computer
d. system software manages hardware wheras application software performs user tasks
Q. BIOS stands for ……….
a. boss india operating system
b. basic input operating system
c. basic input output system
d. boston input output system
Q. What is size of master boot record ?
a. 256 byte segment
b. 512 byte segment
c. 1024 byte segment
d. 128 byte segment
Q. What is master boot record ?
a. the master boot record is the information in the first sector of any hard disk
b. the master boot record is the information in the first sector of any floopy
c. the master boot record contains information about operating system
d. all of these
Q. GRUB stands for ………
a. grand unified boot loader
b. greater rochester urban bounty
c. greedy reclamation of unused bandwidth
d. none of the above
Q. By default, GRUB reads its default boot configuration from………
a. /boot/grub/menu.lst
b. /boot/grub/splash.x pm.gz
c. /boot
d. grub.config
Q. Which command is used for changing init's run level once the system is up ?
a. inittab
b. telinit
c. restart
d. chkconfig
Q. Runlevel System command is used for
a. getting the present and previous runlevel of the system
b. setting the runlevel attribute of the system in the inittab file
c. can be used to restart or reboot the system
d. all of the above