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A relocate program form is one which

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If you want to execute more than one program at a time, the systems software you are using must be capable of:

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In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the description "resolving symbolic address (labels) and generating machine language" is associated with

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Round-robin scheduling

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What is the name of the system which deals with the running of the actual computer and not with the programming problems?

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What is the initial value of the semaphore to allow only one of the many processes to enter their critical section?

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Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and

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If you do not know which version of MS-DOS you are working with, which command will you use after having booted your operating system?

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A partitioned data set is most used for

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Page-map table is

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The main function of the dispatcher (the portion of the process scheduler) is

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The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are

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When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed, called a

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Which, of the following checks, cannot be carried out on the input data to a system?

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A program that converts a high-level language program to a set of instructions that can run on a computer is called a

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Which of the following is characteristic of an operating system?

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In MS-DOS, relocatable object files and load modules have extensions

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The state transition initiated by the user process itself in an operating system is

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Which of the following program is not a utility?

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The function(s) of file system is (are):

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