Computer Science - Operating Systems Concepts

16.
Which of the following statements is false?
the technique of storage compaction involves moving all occupied areas of storage to one end or other of main storage
compaction does not involve relocation of programs
compaction is also know as garbage collection
the system must stop everything while it performs the compaction
None of the above
Answer: Option
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17.
Interprocess communication
is required for all processes
is usually done via disk drives
is never necessary,
allows processes to synchronize activity
Answer: Option
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18.
Which of the following functions is(are) performed by the loader
allocate space in memory for the programs and resolve symbolic references between object decks
adjust all address dependent locations, such as address constants, to correspond to the allocated space.
physically place the machine instructions and data into memory.
All of the above
None of the above
Answer: Option
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19.
User-Friendly Systems are:
required for object-oriented programming
easy to develop
common among traditional mainframe operating systems
becoming more common
None of the above
Answer: Option
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20.
Which of the following addressing modes, facilitates access to an operand whose location is defined relative to the beginning of the data structure in which it appears?
ascending
sorting
index
indirect
None of the above
Answer: Option
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