ITE 221 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEW VERSION
WITH PASS GUARANTEE
T/F
Operating systems are layered internally. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
Only two programs are involved in resource allocation in a single-tasking
operating system: the OS and an application. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
For general-purpose computers, multitasking operating systems are uncommon.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
The total physical resources allotted to each virtual machine can be made to
appear larger than the actual physical resources by a hypervisor. -
ACCEPTABLE
T/F
Engaging is the process of transferring CPU control to a ready thread.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
A blocked thread is awaiting the occurrence of an event, such as the correction
of an erroneous state or the allocation of a requested resource. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The ready thread that has been waiting the longest is always dispatched by the
scheduler when explicit priority scheduling is used. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
, The current priority level of a thread in Windows thread scheduling is referred
to as its "local priority." ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Instructions and data values typically take up many bytes of storage. -
ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The rightmost byte in a byte sequence is referred to as the most significant byte.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
When writing or building a program, a programmer can explicitly include the
process offset in any memory address operands. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
When the operating system allows multitasking, memory allocation is less
complicated. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Memory space is typically used efficiently when fixed-size memory partitions
are combined with contiguous application loading. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Although noncontiguous memory allocation offers greater flexibility than
contiguous memory allocation, this flexibility has a cost. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The next instruction to be fetched is the only part of a process that has to be in
memory at any given time while it is being executed. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Memory references may be readily transformed to the appropriate page number
and offset in the page because page size is fixed. - ACCEPTABLE
WITH PASS GUARANTEE
T/F
Operating systems are layered internally. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
Only two programs are involved in resource allocation in a single-tasking
operating system: the OS and an application. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
For general-purpose computers, multitasking operating systems are uncommon.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
The total physical resources allotted to each virtual machine can be made to
appear larger than the actual physical resources by a hypervisor. -
ACCEPTABLE
T/F
Engaging is the process of transferring CPU control to a ready thread.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
A blocked thread is awaiting the occurrence of an event, such as the correction
of an erroneous state or the allocation of a requested resource. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The ready thread that has been waiting the longest is always dispatched by the
scheduler when explicit priority scheduling is used. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
, The current priority level of a thread in Windows thread scheduling is referred
to as its "local priority." ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Instructions and data values typically take up many bytes of storage. -
ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The rightmost byte in a byte sequence is referred to as the most significant byte.
ANSWER Untrue
T/F
When writing or building a program, a programmer can explicitly include the
process offset in any memory address operands. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
When the operating system allows multitasking, memory allocation is less
complicated. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Memory space is typically used efficiently when fixed-size memory partitions
are combined with contiguous application loading. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Although noncontiguous memory allocation offers greater flexibility than
contiguous memory allocation, this flexibility has a cost. - ACCEPTABLE
T/F
The next instruction to be fetched is the only part of a process that has to be in
memory at any given time while it is being executed. ANSWER Untrue
T/F
Memory references may be readily transformed to the appropriate page number
and offset in the page because page size is fixed. - ACCEPTABLE
