QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS\ACTUAL EXAM ITE 221 EXAM 2026-2027
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Operating Systems are True
organized internally into
layers (T/F)
Resource allocation in a True
single-tasking OS involves
only two running
programs—an
application and the OS.
(T/F)
The is the OS portion that b. kernel
manages
resources and interacts
directly with computer
hardware.
a. core
b. kernel
c. hypervisor
d. scheduler
The resources consumed d. system overhead
by resource allocation
procedures are
sometimes referred to
as ____.
a. system bloat
b. system requirements
c. system underpinnings
d. system overhead
,As allocated by the OS, the c. virtual resources
resources that are
apparent to a program or
user are
called ____.
a. physical resources
b. managed resources
c. virtual resources
d. exposed resources
A _ is an OS that enables b. hypervisor
dividing a single
physical computer or cluster
into multiple virtual
machines.
a. kernel
b. hypervisor
c. transaction monitor
d. trusted platform module
A process or program that c. multithreaded
divides itself into multiple
threads is said to be ____.
a. multi-headed
b. multipartite
c. multithreaded
d. multiplied
Threads in the are idle, a. ready state
pending
availability of a CPU.
a. ready state
b. wait state
c. hold state
d. run state
In , a thread can be removed d. preemptive scheduling
involuntarily from the running
state.
a. proactive scheduling
b. reactive scheduling
c. starvation scheduling
d. preemptive scheduling
, ____ scheduling chooses the a. Shortest time remaining
next thread to be
dispatched based on the
expected
amount of CPU time
needed to complete the
process.
a. Shortest time remaining
b. First in first out
c. Last in first out
d. Least recently used
A _ can execute instructions c. thread cycle
to process a
single transaction, retrieve
and store data
from an I/O device, or retrieve
and analyze one set of
process variables.
a. thread bundle
b. process cycle
c. thread cycle
d. fiber bundle
____ is the assignment of a. Memory allocation
specific memory addresses to
system software, application
programs, and data.
a. Memory allocation
b. Memory management
c. Memory mapping
d. Memory control
A CPU's or computer's is b. addressable memory
the highest
numbered storage byte that
can be represented.
a. configurable memory
b. addressable memory
c. responsible memory
d. variable memory