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A series of statements explaining how the data is to be processed is called

  • instruction
  • compiler
  • program
  • interpretor

Answer: Option C

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1. Memory protection is normally done by

  • the processor and the associated hardware
  • the operating system
  • the compiler
  • the user program

Answer: Option A

2. The LRU algorithm

  • pages out pages that have been used recently
  • pages out pages that have not been used recently
  • pages out pages that have been least used recently
  • pages out the first page in a given area

Answer: Option C

3. If the property of locality of reference is well pronounced in a program

  • the number of page faults will be more
  • the number of page faults will be less
  • the number of page faults will same
  • none of above

Answer: Option B

4. A hardware device which is capable of executing a sequence of instructions, is known as

  • CPU
  • ALU
  • CU
  • Processor

Answer: Option D

5. Four necessary conditions for deadlock are non pre-emption, circular wait, hold and wait and

  • mutual exclusion
  • race condition
  • buffer overflow
  • None of above

Answer: Option A

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