1. What is a process?

a) A process or task is a portion of a program in the first sectors of the HDD

b) A process or task is a portion of a program in some stage of execution
c) A process or task is a program in program file folders
d) A process or task is a section for erasing files

2. A process control block is assigned to?

a) Only the first process that runs in an operating system
b) The only process that is just running in an operating system
c) Each process that runs in an operating system
d) The memory which contains the data of the just running program

3. Unique process ID is a number of?

a) The saved state of the process
b) A process control block
c) An operating system
d) The process priority

4. The process priority is used to determine?

a) How often the process switches processor per second
b) How often the process switches processor per minute
c) How often the process receives processor time
d) How often the process uses processor per second

5. Which process state is not used?

a) Loaded
b) Ready
c) Running
d) Blocked

6. How do processes synchronize their activity?

a) They use banners
b) They use tripolar switches
c) They use logical circles
d) They use semaphores

7. How do you call the state when a process cannot be interrupted whilst performing updating
data?
a) Critical section
b) Banned crossing
c) Prohibited state
d) Locked state
8. In critical section there is no need for data locking if both processes?
a) Only read at the same time
b) Only write at the same time
c) Read and write at the same time
d) Read and write one after another

9. What is a thread?
a) It is a separate part of a process
b) It is a separate part of RAM
c) It is a separate part of a graphic card
d) It is a schedule

10. What kind of tasks are usually used for printing?

a) Foreground tasks
b) Background tasks
c) Data tasks
d) Graphic tasks

11. How does an Operating System load itself?

a) The OS may be loaded into the computer memory in two ways
b) The operating system may be bought in a software shop
c) The operating system may be loaded into the BIOS
d) The operating system may be loaded from BIOS

12. When is the operating system immediately accessible?

a) When it is already present in the HDD
b) When it is already present in the MS registers
c) When it is already present in ROM
d) When it is marked by a label "READY"

13. Which kind of OS is best suited for small appliances?

a) Dedicated systems
b) Multi task systems
c) Multi user systems
d) DOS systems

14. Advantages of more complex systems are?

a) That the price is always lower
b) That everybody knows how to use the systems
c) There are longer guarantee periods
d) That changes to the operating system are easier to implement
15. What is the BOOTSTRAP PROCESS?
a) The program for changing BIOS
b) The program for using BIOS
c) The task of initially loading the operating system
d) The program of dividing tasks into simple utilities

16. Where can you find called the BOOTSTRAP LOADER or IPL (Initial Program Loader)?
a) In the ROM
b) In the first sector of the floppy disk
c) Anywhere on the HDD
d) In the first sector of the flash disk

17. In MS-DOS the shell was?

a) command.com
b) exec.com
c) autostart.exe
d) start.exe

18. Embedded systems are also known as?

a) One user systems
b) Multi-purpose systems
c) Dedicated systems
d) Multi-task systems

19. Windows NT workstation is?

a) A multitasking multiprocessor operating system but not interactive
b) An interactive but not multitasking multiprocessor operating system
c) An interactive, one-task multiprocessor operating system
d) An interactive, multitasking multiprocessor operating system

20. Some examples of embedded systems are?

a) General purpose computers
b) General purpose computer nets
c) Home appliances
d) Old time wrist watches