Chapter 2 – Operating System Overview

TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS:

T F 1) An OS should be constructed in such a way as to permit the effective

development, testing, and introduction of new system functions without
interfering with service.

T F 2) The OS masks the details of the hardware from the programmer and provides
the programmer with a convenient interface for using the system.

T F 3) The ABI gives a program access to the hardware resources and services available
in a system through the user ISA.

T F 4) The OS frequently relinquishes control and must depend on the processor to allow
it to regain control.

T F 5) One of the driving forces in operating system evolution is advancement in the

underlying hardware technology.

T F 6) The processor itself is not a resource so the OS is not involved in determining how
much of the processor time is devoted to the execution of a user program.

T F 7) A process consists of three components: an executable program, the associated

data needed by the program, and the execution context of the program.

T F 8) Uniprogramming typically provides better utilization of system resources than

multiprogramming.

T F 9) A monolithic kernel is implemented as a single process with all elements sharing

the same address space.

T F 10) The user has direct access to the processor with a batch-processing type of OS.

T F 11) Both batch processing and time-sharing use multiprogramming.

T F 12) The phrase "control is passed to a job" means that the processor is now fetching
and executing instructions from the monitor program.

T F 13) In a time-sharing system, a user's program is preempted at regular intervals,

but due to relatively slow human reaction time this occurrence is usually
transparent to the user.
T F 14) The principle objective of Batch Multiprogramming is to minimize response time.

T F 15) Virtualization technology enables a single PC or server to simultaneously run

multiple operating systems or multiple sessions of a single OS.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1) The __________ is the interface that is the boundary between hardware and software.

A) ABI B) ISA

C) IAS D) API

2) A(n) __________ is a set of resources for the movement, storage, and processing of data and for
the control of these functions.

A) architecture B) program

C) computer D) application

3) The operating system's __________ refers to its inherent flexibility in permitting functional
modifications to the system without interfering with service.

A) efficiency B) ability to evolve

C) controlled access D) convenience

4) Operating systems must evolve over time because:

A) new hardware is designed and implemented in the computer system

B) hardware must be replaced when it fails

C) hardware is hierarchical

D) users will only purchase software that has a current copyright date
5) A special type of programming language used to provide instructions to the monitor
is __________ .

A) FPL B) JCL

C) DML D) SML

6) Hardware features desirable in a batch-processing operating system include memory

protection, timer, privileged instructions, and __________ .

A) clock cycles B) associated data

C) interrupts D) kernels

7) A user program executes in a __________ , in which certain areas of memory are protected
from the user's use, and in which certain instructions may not be executed.

A) kernel mode B) user mode

C) task mode D) batch mode

8) Multiprogramming operating systems are fairly sophisticated compared to single-program

or _________ systems.

A) uniprogramming B) time-sharing

C) multitasking D) memory management

9) One of the first time-sharing operating systems to be developed was the __________ .

A) Compatible Time-Sharing System B) Real Time Transaction System

C) Multiple-Access System D) Multiprogramming Operation System

10) The technique where a system clock generates interrupts, and at each clock interrupt the OS
regains control and assigns the processor to another user, is __________ .

A) time slicing B) multithreading

C) round robin D) clock cycle

11) The __________ is the internal data by which the OS is able to supervise and control the process.

A) executable program B) associated data

C) nucleus D) execution context

12) __________ is where the OS must prevent independent processes from interfering with each
other's memory, both data and instructions.

A) Support of modular programming B) Process isolation

C) Automatic allocation and management D) Protection and access control

13) __________ is concerned with the proper verification of the identity of users and the validity
of messages or data.

A) Availability B) Confidentiality

C) Authenticity D) Data integrity

14) A common strategy to give each process in the queue some time in turn is referred to as
a __________ technique.

A) multithreading B) round-robin

C) time slicing D) serial processing

15) The key to the success of Linux has been its character as a free software package available
under the auspice of the ___________ .

A) World Wide Web Consortium B) Free Software Foundation

C) Berkeley Software Distribution D) GNU Public License

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1) An __________ is a program that controls the execution of application programs and

acts as an interface between applications and the computer hardware.

2) The portion of the monitor that is always in main memory and available for execution
is referred to as the _________ .

3) __________ is a technique in which a process, executing an application, is divided into

threads that can run concurrently.

4) Two major problems with early serial processing systems were scheduling and __________ .

5) The central idea behind the simple batch-processing scheme is the use of a piece of software
known as the _________ .

6) Any resource allocation and scheduling policy must consider three factors: Fairness,
Differential responsiveness, and __________ .

7) A __________ is set at the beginning of each job to prevent any single job from
monopolizing the system.

8) The OS has five principal storage management responsibilities: process isolation, automatic
allocation and management, support of modular programming, protection and access control,
and __________ .

9) The earliest computers employed __________ processing, a name derived by the way the users
have access to the systems.

10) __________ was designed to keep the processor and I/O devices, including storage devices,
simultaneously busy to achieve maximum efficiency.

11) In a time-sharing, multiprogramming system, multiple users simultaneously access the

system through __________ .

12) The principal objective of __________ is to maximize processor use.

13) Three major lines of computer system development created problems in timing and
synchronization that contributed to the development of the concept of the process:
multiprogramming batch operation, time sharing, and __________ .

14) ___________ is a facility that allows programs to address memory from a logical point of
view, without regard to the amount of main memory physically available.

15) Security and protection as it relates to operating systems is grouped into four categories:
Availability, Data integrity, Authenticity, and __________ .