This is a Computer science Engineering quiz on operating systems, which includes questions on process synchronization, its types, etc.
Which is the latest version of MS Windows?
The bounded buffer problem is also known as ____________.
Readers – Writers problem
Dining – Philosophers problem
Producer – Consumer problem
None of the mentioned
In the bounded buffer problem, there are the empty and full semaphores that ____________.
Count the number of empty and full buffers
Count the number of empty and full memory spaces
Count the number of empty and full queues
None of the mentioned
In the bounded buffer problem ____________.
There is only one buffer
There are n buffers ( n being greater than one but finite)
There are infinite buffers
The buffer size is bounded
To ensure difficulties do not arise in the readers – writers problem, _______ are given exclusive access to the shared object.
Readers
Writers
Readers and Writers
None of the mentioned
The dining – philosophers problem will occur in case of ____________.
5 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
4 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
3 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
6 philosophers and 5 chopsticks
Which of the following Operating systems is better for implementing a Client-Server network.
MS DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
My Computer was introduced from___________.
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.11
Windows 95
Windows 98
Which of the following Windows do not have Start button__________.
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
None of above
A monitor is a type of ____________.
Semaphore
Low level synchronization construct
High level synchronization construct
None of the mentioned
A monitor is characterized by ____________.
A set of programmer defined operators
An identifier
The number of variables in it
All of the mentioned
A procedure defined within a ________ can access only those variables declared locally within the _______ and its formal parameters.
Process, Semaphore
Process, Monitor
Semaphore, Semaphore
Monitor, Monitor
Which operating system does not support networking between computers?
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows NT
The monitor construct ensures that ____________.
Only one process can be active at a time within the monitor
N number of processes can be active at a time within the monitor (n being greater than 1)
The queue has only one process in it at a time
All of the mentioned
What are the operations that can be invoked on a condition variable?
Wait & signal
Hold & wait
Signal & hold
Continue & signal