Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad

Question Bank
Operating System and Software Installation
BCA-202

A. Answer the following: (long answer question)

1. Describe the types of operating system?
2. Describe the functions of operating system?
3. Explain different types of OS concept?
4. Explain the evolution of computer system?
5. Describe context switching and protection?
6. What are the difference between DOS and Windows?
7. Explain Windows 2000 architecture in detail.
8. Explain features of windows 7.
9. Describe the windows product family?
10. Explain the features of Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
11. Explain windows 7 file structure?
12. Explain the various methods to create folder on desktop.
13. Explain steps to install Windows XP.
14. Explain steps to install any application software.
15. Explain processes involved in Universal plug and play functionality.
16. Explain steps involved in assembling 2004.10.10 standard workstation.
17. Explain basic troubleshooting strategies in detail.
18. Explain the steps in preventive maintenance for UPS.
19. Explain the steps in fixing keyboard problem.
20. Explain the steps in fixing computer start-up problem.
B. Answer the following: (short answer question)
1. What is Operating System and what are different versions of windows 7?
2. Define process and thread.
3. What do you mean by graphical user interface?
4. What is multitasking and multiuser Operating System?
5. What is pre-emptive and non-pre-emptive multitasking?
6. Describe kernel and shell?
7. What is function of BIOS?
8. What are the versions of windows 2000?
9. What is windows domain and workgroup?
10. Explain windows 200 data center server?
11. How security and maintenance is provided by windows 7?
12. What is use of Windows update facility?
13. How to move file from one folder to another folder?
14. Discuss the features of Windows 2000 user interface.
15. What is local procedure call?
16. Explain memory manager?
17. What do you understand by the windows domain and work groups?
18. Discuss the Updates feature of Windows 7.
19. What do you mean by plug and play devices?
20. List operating systems on which Windows XP is built.
21. What is application Software? Give Examples.
22. What is System Software? Give Examples.
23. Define term related to Universal plug and play concept: control point, Action,
Service.
24. What are the changes done in 2005.05.14 standard workstation?
25. What are the reasons behind “Nonsystem disk” error?
26. What are the steps to install keyboard driver?
27. What are the symptoms of system board CMOS setup?
28. What do you mean by preventive and corrective maintenance?
29. What are the steps in fixing mouse hardware problem?
30. Explain the functions of UPS?

C. Multiple choice question

1) Choose the correct answer
1. In a batch processing, ______________________ that need to be processed are
grouped together as a "batch" for execution.
a. Data and Programs
b. Information
c. Both a & b
d. None of these
2. To remove drawbacks of Batch processing operating system, time-sharing
Operating System is introduced in the______.
a. 1960s
b. 1969s
c. 1990s
d. 1970s
3. _____________allows n number of users to interact simultaneously with a single
computer.
a. Time Operating System
b. Batch Operating System
c. Multitasking Operating System
d. None of these
4. Processing time requirements are measured in tenths of __________or shorter.
a. Seconds
b. Minutes
c. Hours
d. None of these
5. An __________is a soft real-time system that can usually or generally meet a
deadline is a soft real-time OS.
a. RTOS
b. BOS
c. NOS
d. None of these
6. In pre-emptive multitasking, the Operating System provides _________time slots
to each program.
a. CPU
b. ALU
c. CU
d. None of these
7. The ______ CPU provides a way of doing it completely in hardware, but for
performance and portability reasons most modern OS's do context switches in
software.
a. x86
b. x90
c. x20
d. None of these
8. _______ is the location of your documents where you go to manage your
documents, music, pictures, and other files.
a. Library
b. Windows
c. Computer
d. None of these
9. GUI was introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of
____________, which require commands to be typed on the keyboard.
a. command-line interfaces (CLIs)
b. Network interface
c. Both a & b
d. None of these
10. DOS programs generally loaded from disk and provide command level interface
between___________________.
a. user and the computer hardware
b. user and computer software
c. kernel and shell
d. None of these
11. The user mode services and applications can be stopped by the kernel mode for
preventing any malfunctions caused by ____________.
a. user’s applications
b. kernel application
c. hardware application
d. none of these
12. The _________ is an executive subsystem that calls other executive subsystems,
especially system calls, must pass through to gain access to Windows 2000
resources.
a. Object Manager
b. Program manager
c. OS manager
d. None of these
13. The environment subsystem service was firstly designed to provide APIs that are
specific to ___________.
a. operating systems
b. kernel
c. shell
d. none of these
14. An ___________ interacts with Input/output devices, object management, process
management and the system security.
a. executive service
b. windows service
c. kernel service
d. none of theses
15. __________ is a collection of knowledge about an entity or other concept
consisting of a complex package of slots, that is, data values describing the
characteristics or attributes of an entity.
a. Frame
b. Software
c. OS
d. None of these
16. ________ is a collection of physical components like Machines, Se. Mechanical,
magnetic, electrical, electronic, or optical devices. Contrast with Software.
a. Hardware
b. Software
c. OS
d. None of these
17. __________ is a grouping of characters that specifies the computer operation to
be performed.
a. Instruction
b. Information
c. Data
d. None of these
18. ________is a shared boundary, such as the boundary between two systems.
a. Interface
b. OS
c. Hardware
d. None of these
19. __________an interconnected system of computers, terminals, and
communications channels and devices.
a. Network
b. OS
c. RTOS
d. None of these
20. Port is an electronic circuitry that provides a connection point between the CPU
and _______________.
a. input/output devices
b. ALU
c. CU
d. None of these

2) True or false
1. The OS performs basic tasks, such as controlling and allocating memory,
prioritizing the processing of instructions.
a. True
b. False
2. Main aim of Batch processing Operating System is to reduce processor idle time.
a. True
b. False
3. In the 1970s, in, time-sharing Operating System emerges as outstanding model
which represents a major technological shift the history of computing.
a. True
b. False
4. A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an (OS) intended to server application
requests.
a. True
b. False
5. Processes are used to group resources together and threads are the entities
scheduled for execution on the CPU.
a. True
b. False
6. Threads are also called as lightweight processes as they own some of the
properties of processes.
a. True
b. False
7. Switching from one running process to another running process incurs a
overheads to the system.
a. True
b. False
8. Operating system helps to run applications efficiently and effectively.
a. True
b. False
9. In cooperative or non-pre-emptive multitasking, each program get control the
CPU for as long as finish its execution.
a. True
b. False
10. Application Program Interface (API) allows a software programmer to write an
application that is hardware independent and portable.
a. True
b. False
11. Windows 2000 operating system is developed by Microsoft.
a. True
b. False
12. Windows 2000 Professional was designed as the desktop operating system for
individuals and business of all sizes.
a. True
b. False
13. Windows 2000 server edition supports Distributed File System (Dfs) which build
a single, hierarchical view of multiple file servers and file server shares on a
network.
a. True
b. False
14. The environment subsystem service was firstly designed to provide APIs that are
specific to operating systems.
a. True
b. False
15. Workgroups and domains provide ways for multiple Windows-based computers
on a network to communicate.
a. True
b. False
16. Floppy Disk is a small plastic disk coated with iron oxide that resembles a small
phonograph record enclosed in a protective envelope.
a. True
b. False
17. Plug and play term describes devices that work with any computer system as soon
as they are connected.
a. True
b. False
18. Application software can be of two types: General Purpose and Specific Purpose.
a. True
b. False
19. System software is collection of system programs which manages and controls
computer hardware so that application software can perform a task.
a. True
b. False
20. Secondary Storage is the storage that supplements the primary storage of a
computer. Synonymous with Auxiliary Storage.
a. True
b. False
21. Computer room operators should familiar with the equipment and its various
operating indications.
a. True
b. False
22. Periodic maintenance is essential to retain the integrity and lifetime of the battery.
a. True
b. False
23. Lethal voltages are present even when the output circuit breaker in the UPS is
open.
a. True
b. False
24. A bad or damaged ROM BIOS typically stops the system completely.
a. True
b. False
25. Microprocessor-based equipment is designed to provide certain performance
levels under specified environmental conditions such as operating temperature.
a. True
b. False
Answer

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