Q231. A bar that inform you the available options in your computer, opened applications, background running applications and can be used to switch between applications quickly is

a) Menu bar
b) Toolbar
c) Status bar
d) Taskbar

Answer : d

Q232. Which components appear in the initial windows startup display?

a) Dialog box
b) Taskbar
c) Start menu
d) All of the above

Answer : b

Q233. Taskbar is used for

a) Navigation program
b) Switching between program
c) Start a program
d) All of above

Answer : d

Q234. When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates(n)

a) Interrupt
b) Spool
c) Stack
d) Page file

Answer : a

Q235. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as

a) Hyperlink
b) Menu
c) Source drive
d) None of these

Answer : a

Q236. Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?

a) Shut Down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate

Answer : b

Q237. Windows displays various options to shut down. Which is suitable at the end of day?

a) Shut Down
b) Restart
c) Sleep
d) Hibernate

Answer : a

Q238.Fragmentation is

a)   fragments of memory words unused in a page
b)    fragments of memory words used in a page
c) dividing the main memory into equal-sized fragments
d)    dividing the secondary memory into equal sized fragments

Answer : a

Q239. Critical region is

a)    the portion of the main memory which can be accessed only by one process at a time
b)    a part of the operating system which is not allowed to be accessed by any process
c)   a set of instructions that access common shared resource which exclude one another in time
d) none of the above

Answer : c

Q240. In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process goes from the RUNNING state to the

a) READY state
b) BLOCKED state
c) TERMINATED state
d) SUSPENDED state

Answer : coming soon