9/22/2018 Homework 3 : CH2

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Started on Saturday, September 22, 2018, 5:52 PM

Question 1

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A microkernel is a kernel ____.

Select one:
a. containing many components that are optimized to reduce resident memory size

b. that is stripped of all nonessential components  Correct

c. that is compressed before loading in order to reduce its resident memory size

d. that is compiled to produce the smallest size possible when stored to disk

The correct answer is: that is stripped of all nonessential components

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Question 2

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Apple's Mac OS X is based on

Select one:
a. SVR3

b. FreeBSD UNIX  Correct

c. SVR4

d. GPL Linux

The correct answer is: FreeBSD UNIX

Question 3

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Key to the success of Linux has been it's character as a free software package available under the
auspices of the:

Select one:
a. World Wide Web Consortium

b. Berkeley Software Distribution

c. Free Software Foundation  Correct

d. None of the above

The correct answer is: Free Software Foundation

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Question 4

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Linux kernel is classified as

Select one:
a. mircokernel kernel

b. monolithic kernel  Correct

c. real time kernel

d. mobile kernel

The correct answer is: monolithic kernel

Question 5

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Mean time to failure (MTTF) can be seen as average __________.

Select one:
a. fault tolerance

b. uptime  Correct

c. downtime

d. performance

The correct answer is: uptime

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Question 6

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Multitasking in a computer with only one CPU is accomplished by a technique called

Select one:
a. Batch processing

b. multiprogramming  Correct

c. multiprocessing

d. Bootstrapping

The correct answer is: multiprogramming

Question 7

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The operating system provides many types of services to end-users, programmers and system
designers, including:

Select one:
a. Built-in user applications

b. All of the above

c. Error detection and response  Correct

d. Relational database capabilities with the internal file system

The correct answer is: Error detection and response

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Question 8

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To allow programs to access and execute operating system instructions, operating systems provide ________.

Select one:
a. the executive mode of execution

b. system calls  Correct

c. DMA

d. memory protection keys

The correct answer is: system calls

Question 9

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Which of the following components of an operating system is not part of the kernel?

Select one:
a. Scheduler

b. IPC

c. File manager

d. Shell  Correct

The correct answer is: Shell

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Question 10

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Most UNIX systems are

 , in that they include virtually all of the O/S functionality in a single large block of code that runs
in a single process with a single address space.

The correct answer is: monolithic

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