Question 1
What is the initial state for a job?
HOLD
RUNNING
WAITING
READY
Question 2
How is the First-come, first-served (FCFS) scheduling algorithm implemented?
using a FIFO queue
using a LIFO queue
using a circular queue
using a directed graph
Question 3
Assume jobs A-D arrive in quick succession in the READY queue. Using round robin scheduling, what is the turnaround time for job C?
Arrival time: 0 1 2 3
Job: A B C D
CPU cycle: 8 4 9 5
7
20
22
24
Question 4
Which transition is sometimes managed by the Process Scheduler and sometimes by the Job Scheduler?
WAITING to READY
RUNNING to WAITING
RUNNING to FINISHED
HOLD to READY
Question 5
To make an exact backup of a floppy disk, use the _____________ command.
XCOPY32 A:
XCOPY A:
DISKCOPY A:
DISKCOPY A: /A
DISKCOPY A: A:
Question 6
When you delete a file, Windows XP puts a special character, _____________, in the first character position of the file name in the file table.
*
?
0
X
^
Question 7
To change the name of the file ZIP.TXT to ZAP.TXT on the default directory on your floppy drive, use the _____________ command.
MOVE A:ZIP.TXTZAP.TXT
REN A:ZIP.TXT ZAP.TXT
REN ZIP.TXT ZAP.TXT
MOVE ZIP.TXT ZAP.TXT
REN /A ZIP.TXT/ZAP.TXT
Question 8
You are currently on drive E:DATANEWSTUFF and have a file named PROPOSAL.DOC on the root drive of your floppy drive. To delete that file from your current location, use the _____________ command.
DEL A:PROPOSAL.DOC
DEL /A A:PROPOSAL.DOC
DEL PROPOSAL.DOC
DEL ..PROPOSAL.DOC