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Operating System MCQs

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851

RAID level _______ refers to disk mirroring.

a 0
b 1
c 2
d 3
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852

RAID level ______ is also known as bit interleaved parity organisation.

a 0
b 1
c 2
d 3
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853

A single parity bit can be used for ____________

a detection
b multiple error corrections
c few error corrections
d all of the mentioned
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854

RAID level ______ is also known as memory style error correcting code(ECC) organization.

a 1
b 2
c 3
d 4
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855

RAID level 3 does not have _________ as in RAID level 1.

a efficiency
b enough storage space for data
c storage overhead
d time consumption overhead
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856

Tertiary storage is built with ____________

a a lot of money
b unremovable media
c removable media
d secondary storage
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857

Floppy disks are examples of ____________

a primary storage
b secondary storage
c tertiary storage
d none of the mentioned
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858

What is a magneto-optic disk?

a primary storage
b secondary storage
c removable disk
d none of the mentioned
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859

The magneto-optic head flies ___________ the disk surface than a magnetic disk head does.

a much farther from
b much closer to
c at the same distance as
d none of the mentioned
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860

Optical disks ______ magnetism.

a use
b do not use
c may use
d none of the mentioned
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861

The phase change disk is coated with a material that can freeze into either _______ or ________ state.

a crystalline, solid
b ice, amorphous
c crystalline, liquid
d crystalline, amorphous
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862

A tape holds _______ data than optical or magnetic disk cartridge.

a lesser
b more
c much lesser
d none of the mentioned
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863

Random access to tape is _______ a disk seek.

a much slower than
b much faster than
c comparable to
d none of the mentioned
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864

A typical tape drive is ________ a typical disk drive.

a more expensive than
b cheaper than
c of the same cost as
d none of the mentioned
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865

The surface area of tape is ________ the surface area of a disk.

a much lesser than
b much larger than
c equal to
d none of the mentioned
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866

In domain structure what is Access-right equal to?

a Access-right = object-name, rights-set
b Access-right = read-name, write-set
c Access-right = read-name, execute-set
d Access-right = object-name, execute-set
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867

What is meaning of right-set?

a It is a subset consist of read and write
b It is a subset of all valid operations that can be performed on the object
c It is a subset consist of read, write and execute
d None of the mentioned
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868

What is Domain?

a Domain = Set of all objects
b It is a collection of protection policies
c Domain= set of access-rights
d None of the mentioned
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869

What does the access matrix represent?

a Rows-Domains, Columns-Objects
b Rows-Objects, Columns-Domains
c Rows-Access List, Columns-Domains
d Rows-Domains, Columns-Access list
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870

What are the three additional operations to change the contents of the access-matrix?

a copy
b Owner
c control
d all of the mentioned
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871

Who can add new rights and remove some rights?

a copy
b transfer
c limited copy
d owner
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872

Which two rights allow a process to change the entries in a column?

a copy and transfer
b copy and owner
c owner and transfer
d deny and copy
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873

Which is an unsolvable problem in access-matrix?

a Owner override
b Brute force
c Access denied
d Confinement
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874

Which of the following objects require protection?

a CPU
b Printers
c Motherboard
d All of the mentioned
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875

What is β€˜separation’ in security of Operating systems?

a To have separate login for different users
b To have separate Hard disk drive/partition for different users
c It means keeping one user’s objects separate from other users
d None of the mentioned
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876

Which of the following statements are correct? i) Physical separation – in which process use different physical objects like separate printers ii) Physical separation – in which process having different security requirement at different times iii) Logical separation – In which users operate under illusion that no other processes exist iv) Logical separation – In which processes conceal their data and computations

a i
b i and iii
c ii and iii
d iii and iv
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877

What are the various roles of protection?

a It is used to detect errors which can prevent contamination of system
b It is used used to accelerate a process
c It is used to optimize system downtime
d None of the mentioned
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878

Which of the following objects require protection?

a Memory
b Monitor
c Power supply unit
d All of the mentioned
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879

Which principle states that programs, users and even the systems be given just enough privileges to perform their task?

a principle of operating system
b principle of least privilege
c principle of process scheduling
d none of the mentioned
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880

_______ is an approach to restricting system access to authorized users.

a Role-based access control
b Process-based access control
c Job-based access control
d None of the mentioned
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881

For system protection, a process should access _____________

a all the resources
b only those resources for which it has authorization
c few resources but authorization is not required
d all of the mentioned
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882

The protection domain of a process contains _____________

a object name
b rights-set
c both object name and rights-set
d none of the mentioned
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883

If the set of resources available to the process is fixed throughout the process’s lifetime then its domain is _____________

a static
b dynamic
c neither static nor dynamic
d none of the mentioned
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884

Access matrix model for user authentication contains _____________

a a list of objects
b a list of domains
c a function which returns an object’s type
d all of the mentioned
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885

For a domain _______ is a list of objects together with the operation allowed on these objects.

a capability list
b access list
c both capability and access list
d none of the mentioned
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886

Which one of the following is capability based protection system?

a hydra
b cambridge CAP system
c both hydra and cambridge CAP system
d none of the mentioned
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887

In UNIX, domain switch is accomplished via _____________

a file system
b user
c superuser
d none of the mentioned
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888

When an attempt is to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users, the attack is called _____________

a denial-of-service attack
b slow read attack
c spoofed attack
d starvation attack
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889

The code segment that misuses its environment is called a _____________

a internal thief
b trojan horse
c code stacker
d none of the mentioned
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890

The internal code of any software that will set of a malicious function when specified conditions are met, is called _____________

a logic bomb
b trap door
c code stacker
d none of the mentioned
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891

The pattern that can be used to identify a virus is known as _____________

a stealth
b virus signature
c armoured
d multipartite
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892

Which one of the following is a process that uses the spawn mechanism to revage the system performance?

a worm
b trojan
c threat
d virus
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893

What is a trap door in a program?

a a security hole, inserted at programming time in the system for later use
b a type of antivirus
c security hole in a network
d none of the mentioned
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894

File virus attaches itself to the _____________

a source file
b object file
c executable file
d all of the mentioned
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895

Multipartite viruses attack on _____________

a files
b boot sector
c memory
d all of the mentioned
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896

In asymmetric encryption _____________

a same key is used for encryption and decryption
b different keys are used encryption and decryption
c no key is required for encryption and decryption
d none of the mentioned
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897

What is true regarding β€˜Fence’?

a Its a method to confine users to one side of a boundary
b It can protect Operating system from one user
c It cannot protect users from each other
d All of the mentioned
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898

What is not true regarding β€˜Fence’?

a It is implemented via hardware register
b It doesn’t protect users from each other
c It good to protect OS from abusive users
d Its implementation is unrestricted and can take any amount of space in Operating system.
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899

What is correct regarding β€˜relocation’ w.r.t protecting memory?

a It is a process of taking a program as if it began at address 0
b It is a process of taking a program as if it began at address 0A
c Fence cannot be used within relocation process
d All of the mentioned
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900

How can fence and relocation be used together?

a To each program address, the contents of fence register are added
b To contents of fence register is subtracted from actual address of program
c To each program address, the contents of fence register are not added
d None of the mentioned
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