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10th Class Computer Science · Unit 1: Operating Systems: Structure and Services
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Introduction to Operating System (OS)
1.What is an Operating System (OS)?
2.Which of the following is an example of an OS?
3.How does the OS control the system?
4.Which OS acts as a translator between?
5.When you press 'A', OS converts it to?
6.Do humans and computers understand the same language?
7.OS in multi-user systems ensures.
8.What does the OS provide for each user?
9.How to add a new user in Windows?
10.Which of the following is NOT an OS responsibility?
Architecture of an Operating System
11.How many main types of user-facing shells are available?
12.Which OS component decides CPU usage among programs?
13.Why is layered OS design useful?
14.CPU stands for?
15.What does OS stand for?
16.If a printer doesn't work, which component is checked first?
17.Why is the kernel like a car engine?
18.Which scenario shows the shell's role?
19.Why are system libraries important?
20.If the middle OS layer fails, what happens?
Process Management in Operating System (OS)
21.What are running programs called in an operating system?
22.What ensures that each process gets the resources it needs?
23.Which is the first stage of a process life cycle?
24.What happens during the execution stage?
25.What does the termination stage involve?
26.What is multitasking?
27.What is concurrency in an OS?
28.What is process scheduling?
29.How does the FCFS scheduling method work?
30.Which of the following is a disadvantage of FCFS?
Memory
31.What is memory in a computer system?
32.What does memory ensure for the CPU?
33.Which of the following is another name for primary memory?
34.Which of the following type of storage is RAM?
35.What happens to data in RAM when the computer is turned off?
36.RAM stands for:
37.What is virtual memory?
38.Why is virtual memory slower than RAM?
39.What does virtual memory allow?
40.What happens when several programs are open at once?
Processes vs Threads
41.What is a process in an operating system?
42.What is a thread?
43.How do threads differ from processes in resources?
44.Why are processes isolated?
45.What are the main benefits of threads?
46.Which of the following is an example of a process ________.
47.Which of the following are the examples of threads in a process ________.
48.What is multithreading?
49.Which of the following are the key benefits of multithreading?
50.How do threads use resources?
System Calls
51.What is a system call?
52.Why are system calls important?
53.Which of the following example of a system call in action?
54.What does the open system call do?
55.What does the read system call do?
56.What does the write system call do?
57.What does the fork system call do?
58.How many system calls do Linux and macOS have?
59.How many system calls does Windows have?
60.What is the main role of system calls?
File System Structure and Management
61.What is the role of an operating system in data storage?
62.What is a file?
63.What is a folder?
64.What is metadata?
65.What is a file system?
66.Which file system is used in USB flash drives?
67.Which file system is commonly used by Linux OS?
68.How does the choice of file system affect a computer?
69.Give an example of how a file system works.
70.Which types of data can a file contain?
Types of Operating Systems
71.Why are operating systems designed differently for each device?
72.What is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)?
73.Which of the following are the key features of RTOS?
74.Where is RTOS commonly used?
75.What is an Embedded Operating System (EOS)?
76.Which of the following are the key features of EOS?
77.Where is EOS commonly used?
79.Which of the following are the key features of NOS?