Operating System Quiz (Set 4) Operating System (Set 4) 1 / 10 What is the role of a system monitor (sysmon) in operating systems? To determine the priority of a process To monitor the health and performance of a system To provide an abstract representation of an opened file To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU 2 / 10 What is the purpose of a file inode in Unix-like file systems? To manage printer jobs by queuing and scheduling them To allocate memory to different processes To store metadata and information about a file, such as permissions and timestamps To manage the storage and retrieval of files on storage devices 3 / 10 What is a demand paging in virtual memory management? A technique used to manage storage devices A technique used to allocate memory to different processes A technique used to manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU A technique in which pages are loaded into memory only when they are accessed 4 / 10 What is the role of a watchdog timer in an operating system? To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU To allocate memory to different processes To monitor the health of a system and initiate corrective actions if necessary To manage the execution of processes in the CPU 5 / 10 What is a file attribute in the context of operating systems? A property associated with a file, such as its size or permissions A type of hardware component used for input/output operations A synchronization mechanism used for inter-process communication A type of memory management technique 6 / 10 What is the purpose of a real-time operating system? To manage the execution of processes in the CPU To provide a user-friendly interface for applications To guarantee timely and predictable responses to external events To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU 7 / 10 What is the purpose of a device controller in operating systems? To provide an abstract representation of an opened file To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU To allocate memory to different processes To manage the execution of processes in the CPU 8 / 10 What is the role of a spooler in operating systems? To manage the execution of processes in the CPU To provide user interfaces for applications To manage printer jobs by queuing and scheduling them To manage the storage and retrieval of files on storage devices 9 / 10 What is the purpose of the 'nice' value in process scheduling? To determine the priority of a process To allocate memory to different processes To manage the storage and retrieval of files To provide user interfaces for applications 10 / 10 What is a pipe in Unix-like operating systems? A type of hardware component used for input/output operations A synchronization mechanism used for inter-process communication A unidirectional communication channel between two processes A type of system call used to allocate memory Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz