Introduction
What is Computer Awareness?
Computer Awareness, also known as Computer Aptitude is one of the prominent sections in various recruitment related competitive exams in India. IBPS Clerk Operating Systems Quiz 2 lists some of the important questions for the preparation of Computer Awareness module. The most significant topics to be learnt for Computer Awareness module are as follows:
- History of Computers
- Computer Fundamentals
- Parts of a Computer System
- Data Processing Cycle of a Computer
- Computer Languages
- Input Devices & Output Devices
- Operating Systems
- Database Management Systems
- Microsoft Office
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- File Extensions
- Networking and Internet
- Computer Viruses
- Important Abbreviations
Quiz
1. Which one of the following is not shared by threads?
- A. program counter
B. stack
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the mentioned
- A. single threaded
B. multithreaded
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the mentioned
- A. thread moves to the ready queue
B. thread remains blocked
C. thread completes
D. a new thread is provided
- A. convert a blocking system call into nonblocking system call
B. create a new thread
C. terminate a thread
D. communicate between threads
- A. first thread of the process
B. first two threads of the process
C. all threads within the process
D. no thread within the process
1. Which one of the following is not a valid state of a thread?
- A. running
B. parsing
C. ready
D. blocked
- A. terminated
B. blocks
C. unblocks
D. spawns
- A. all threads of a process share the same address space
B. all threads of a process share the same global variables
C. all threads of a process can share the same files
D. all of the mentioned
- A. Light Weight Process(LWP)
B. Heavy Weight Process(HWP)
C. process
D. None of these
- A. other process similar to the one that the thread belongs to
B. other threads that belong to similar processes
C. other threads that belong to the same process
D. All of these
1. A heavy weight process :
- A. has multiple threads of execution
B. has a single thread of execution
C. can have multiple or a single thread for execution
D. None of these
- A. it can do more than one task at a time
B. it can do only one task at a time, but much faster
C. it has to use only one thread per process
D. None of these
- A. share the memory and resources of the process to which the threads belong.
B. an application have several different threads of activity all within the same address space
C. reduce the address space that a process could potentially use
D. All of these
- A. decreases concurrency
B. increases concurrency
C. doesnt affect the concurrency
D. can increase or decrease the concurrency
- A. a part of
B. the creator of
C. unaware of
D. aware of