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A thread is

  • lightweight process where the context switching is low
  • lightweight process where the context swithching is high
  • used to speed up paging
  • used in dead locks
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1. Daisy chain is a device for

  • connecting a number of controllers to a device
  • connecting a number of device to a controller
  • all of above
  • none of above

2. Which one is true

  • The linkage editor is used to edit programs which have to later link together
  • The linkage editor links object module during compiling
  • The linkage editor links objects modules and resolves external references between them before loading
  • none of above

3. Which is single user operating system

  • MS-DOS
  • UNIX
  • XENIX
  • LINUX

4. Semaphores function is to

  • synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
  • synchronize processes for better CPU utilization
  • used for memory management
  • none of above

5. Fragmentation of a file system

  • occurs only is file is not used properly
  • can always be prevented
  • happens in all file systems
  • can be removed by compaction
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