Introduction to Operating System important MCQs in English/Hindi | Nielit Notes | PDF
The Introduction to Operating System chapter covers the following topics:
After completion of the Introduction to Operating System unit, Students are expected to be familiar with the:
- Well acquainted with Operating System and its applications for both desktop and mobile devices.
- Able to identify various desktop screen components and modify various properties, date, time etc.
- Able to add and remove new program and features, manage files and folders.
- Well versed with printing and know various types of file extensions.
Introduction to Operating System MCQs
Here are the 34 most important and frequently asked MCQs from the "Introduction to Operating System" topic.
1. BIOS is used by?
a) Operating system
b) Compiler
c) Interpreter
d) Application software
Ans. a) Operating system
2. Logical extension of multiprogramming operating system is
a) time-sharing
b) multi-tasking
c) single programing
d) both a and b
Ans.d) both a and b
3. What is the Default File Extension after .(Dot) in Web files
a) .gtml
b) .html or .htm
c) .com
d) .xtml
Ans.b) .html or .htm
4. In which directory the local user profile settings are stored by default in Windows 2000?
a) C: \ USERS
b) C: \ NETLOGON
c) C: \ WIN NTUSER.DAT
d) C: \ Documents and settings
Ans.d) C: \ Documents and settings
5. The situation when two or more programs are hung up is referred as
a) Multiprogramming
b) Failed Mutual Exclusion
c) Deadlocks
d) Improper Synchronization
Ans.c) Deadlocks
6. Which of the following is not an operating system?
a) Windows
b) Linux
c) Oracle
d) DOS
Ans. c) Oracle
7. Linux is a______and_____operating system.
a) Multiuser, Single-tasking
b) Multiuser, Multitasking
c) Single user, Multitasking
d) None of the above
Ans.b) Multiuser, Multitasking
8. What does OS X has?
a) monolithic kernel with modules
b) microkernel
c) monolithic kernel
d) hybrid kernel
Ans.d) hybrid kernel
9. Windows 95 is an example of which type of operating system?
a) Single-User Operating System
b) Multi-User Operating System
c) Real-Time Operating System
d) Distributed Operating System
Ans. a) Single-User Operating System
10. Which of the following supports Windows 64-bit?
a) Window 1998
b) Window 2000
c) Window XP
d) None of these
Ans.c) Window XP
11. Which of the following is an example of system software?
a) Operating system
b) Loader
c) Linker
d) All of the above
Ans.d) All of the above
12. What is the full name of the DSM?
a) Direct system module
b) Direct system memory
c) Distributed shared memory
d) Demoralized system memory
Ans.c) Distributed shared memory
13. Which of the following options is not a function of the operating system.
a) Memory management
b) Process Management
c) File management
d) Database management
Ans.d) Database management
14. Which of the following operating systems does not support more than one program at a time?
a) Linux
b) Windows
c) DOS
d) MAC
Ans.c) DOS
15. Does Ubuntu need Antivirus?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Partial
d) None
Ans.b) No
16. In Unix, which system call creates the new process?
a) create
b) fork
c) new
d) none of the mentioned
Ans.b) fork
17. Configuration manager responsible for implementing and managing the
a) System Control
b) System Damage
c) System registry
d) System Access
Ans.c) System registry
18. When was the first operating system developed?
a) 1948
b) 1949
c) 1950
d) 1951
Ans. c) 1950
19. OS does not boot itself when a system is.......
a) Shutdown
b) Reset
b) Powered on
d) Restarted
Ans.b) Powered on
20. Which of the following is NOT a search engine?
a) Bing
b) Ask
c) Yahoo
d) Safari
Ans.d) Safari
21. A process is known to be a collection of
a) Threads
b) Files
c) Registers
d) Buffers
Ans. a) Threads
22. Operating Systems for Mobile Phones and Tablets are
a) Windows OS
b) Android OS
c) iOS
d) All of the Above
Ans.d) All of Above
23. Which one of the following is not a real-time operating system?
a) RTLinux
b) Palm OS
c) QNX
d) VxWorks
Ans.b) Palm OS
24. Cache manager is responsible for improving the performance of
a) Programmed I/O
b) File base I/O
c) I/O device
d) I/O Modules
Ans.b) File base I/O
25. Operating System manages?
a) Memory
b) I/O Devices
b) Processor
d) All of the options
Ans.d) All of the options
26. Data integrity is the process of protecting data from unauthorized
a) Access
b) Control
c) Modification
d) Interruption
Ans.c) Modification
27. Interrupts make an operating system more
a) Rigid
b) Expensive
c) Reliable
d) Flexible
Ans.d) Flexible
28. Which of the following operating system does not implement multitasking truly?
a) Windows 98
b) MS-DOS
c) Windows XP
d) Windows NT
Ans.b) MS DOS
29. Which of the following is the core of an operating system?
a) Ventura
b) Kernel
c) Xenix
d) Device Driver
Ans.b) Kernel
30. Which of the following is a single-user operating system?
a) Windows
b) Ms-Dos
c) MAC
d) None of these
Ans.c)Ms-Dos
31. Aqua user interface appeared with?
a) windows
b) shells
c) MAC OS
d) Bourne shell
Ans.c) MAC OS
32. Process and schedulers are used for
a) Programs
b) I/O Devices
c) I/O Modules
d) Processes
Ans.d) Processes
33. Which of these is NOT an operating system?
a) Android
b) Scala
c) UNIX
d) Windows
Ans.b) Scala
34. In Linux a user can load or upload
a) I/O Modules
b) I/O Devices
c) Kernel Modules
d) File Base I/O
Ans.c) Kernel Modules
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