System Administrator 2026
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The ________ can be turned off by the CPU before the execution of critical instruction sequences that must not be interrupted.
  • A. Nonmaskable interrupt
  • B. Blocked interrupt
  • C. Maskable interrupt
  • D. None of the mentioned
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