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SOFTWARE CONCEPTS MCQs

Total Questions : 189 | Page 17 of 19 pages
Question 161. Kernel is:
  1.    Considered as the critical part of the operating system
  2.    The software which monitors the operating system
  3.    the set of primitive functions upon which the rest of operating systems functions are built up
  4.    None of The Above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the set of primitive functions upon which the rest of operating systems functions are built up
Answer: (c)
Question 162. A program:
  1.    is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
  2.    is a sequence of instructions
  3.    is the device where information is stored
  4.    None of The Above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> is a sequence of instructions
Answer: (b)
Question 163. An error is also known as
  1.    bug
  2.    debug
  3.    cursor
  4.    icon
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> bug
Answer: (a)
Question 164. __________ is the process of carrying out commands.
  1.    Fetching
  2.    Storing
  3.    Decoding
  4.    Executing
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Executing
Answer: (d)
Question 165. Mutual exclusion problem occurs between:
  1.    processes that share resources
  2.    processes that do not use the same resources
  3.    two disjoint processes that do not interact
  4.    None of The Above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> processes that share resources
Answer: (a)
Question 166. Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information is a(n) __________.
  1.    operating system
  2.    database
  3.    database program
  4.    data warehouse
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> database program
Answer: (c)
Question 167. Sector interleaving in disks is done by:
  1.    the disk manufacturer
  2.    the disk controller cord
  3.    the operating system
  4.    None of The Above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> the operating system
Answer: (c)
Question 168. Computer programs are written in a high-level programming language; however, the human readable version of a program is called -
  1.    cache
  2.    instruction set
  3.    source code
  4.    word size
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> source code
Answer: (c)
Question 169. Instructions that tell the computer what to do. Another name for software.
  1.    programs
  2.    CPU
  3.    options
  4.    folder
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> programs
Answer: (a)
Question 170. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets _________.
  1.    calculator
  2.    scholastic
  3.    keyboard
  4.    spreadsheet
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> spreadsheet
Answer: (d)

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