Computer Science MCQs » Operating System (OS) MCQs
What category of web-based system would you assign to discussion groups?

A. Collaborative work
B. Online communities
C. Web portals
D. Workflow-oriented

The processes that are residing in the main memory for execution are kept on a list called?

A. Job queue
B. Ready queue
C. Execution queue
D. Process queue

The interval from the time of submission of a process to the time of completion is termed a?

A. Waiting time
B. Turnaround time
C. Response time
D. Throughput

Users are ……. that their processes are running on a paged system?

A. Aware
B. Unaware
C. Informed
D. None of these

CPU fetches the instruction from memory according to the value of?

A. Program counter
B. Status register
C. Instruction register
D. Program status word

A memory buffer used to accommodate a speed differential is called?

A. Slack pointer
B. Cache
C. Accumulator
D. Disk buffer

Run time mapping from virtual to physical address is done by?

A. Memory management unit
B. Cpu
C. Pci
D. None of these

The interrupt-request line is a part of the ……?

A. Data line
B. Control line
C. Address line
D. None of these

The return address from the interrupt-service routine is stored on the ……?

A. System heap
B. Processor register
C. Processor stack
D. Memory