System Programming MCQs with Answers
Practice important System Programming MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q2201: In a uniprocessor system, processor time is shared among processes in a ______ manner.
- A: Parallel
- B: Sequential
- C: Interleaved
- D: Random
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C
Q2202: Multiprocessor environment allows running process threads on ______ processors simultaneously.
- A: Single
- B: Multiple
- C: No
- D: One
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B
Q2203: The Windows scheduler can assign threads to specific processors using a ______.
- A: Thread pool
- B: Processor affinity mask
- C: Memory cache
- D: Interrupt handler
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B
Q2204: Which of the following can be created within a process to run on separate processors?
- A: Independent threads
- B: Multiple processes
- C: Single-thread processes
- D: Kernel modules
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A
Q2205: In Windows multiprocessor environment, all processes run ______.
- A: Sequentially
- B: Concurrently
- C: Randomly
- D: Only on one processor
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B
Q2206: Processor affinity mask is used to ______.
- A: Run process on multiple processors
- B: Constrain processing to a specific processor
- C: Terminate threads
- D: Allocate memory
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B
Q2207: Performance gain in multiprocessor systems may be reduced because of ______ between processes.
- A: Dependencies
- B: Faster CPU
- C: Increased memory
- D: Network speed
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A
Q2208: Windows scheduler in a multiprocessor environment can run process threads ______.
- A: Only on one processor
- B: Only sequentially
- C: On separate processors
- D: Only on the main processor
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C
Q2209: Multiprocessor systems improve performance by ______.
- A: Running multiple threads on multiple processors
- B: Using a faster single processor
- C: Reducing the number of processes
- D: Limiting multitasking
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A
Q2210: To optimize program design in multiprocessor environment, understanding the ______ is essential.
- A: Operating system scheduling
- B: Network protocols
- C: Memory management
- D: File system structure
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A