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UGC NET · PAPER 2

UGC NET Paper 2 Computer Science – Unit 5: System Software and Operating System PYQ (September 2022)

8 questions · answer key at the end · updated 11 Oct 2026
Q22. If an operating system does not allow a child process to exist when its parent process has terminated, this phenomenon is called
  1. Threading
  2. Cascading termination
  3. Zombie termination
  4. Process killing
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Q23. What is called journalling in the Linux operating system?
  1. Process scheduling
  2. File saving as a transaction
  3. A type of thread
  4. An editor
Answer & explanation →
Q63. For the page reference string 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, the number of page faults with LRU page replacement and 3 frames is
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 12
Answer & explanation →
Q67. Match List I with List II.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List IList II
A. Activation recordI. Linker loader
B. Location counterII. Garbage collection
C. Reference countIII. Subroutine call
D. Address relocationIV. Assembler
  1. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
  2. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
  3. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
  4. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
Answer & explanation →
Q80. Match List I with List II.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List IList II
A. Least frequently usedI. Memory is distributed among processors
B. Critical sectionII. Page replacement policy in cache memory
C. Loosely coupled multiprocessor systemIII. Program section that once begun must complete execution before another processor accesses the same shared resource
D. Distributed operating system organizationIV. O/S routines are distributed among available processors
  1. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
  2. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  3. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
  4. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
Answer & explanation →
Q81. Match List I with List II.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List IList II
A. FirmwareI. Number of logical records into physical blocks
B. Batch fileII. ASCII format
C. PackingIII. Resource allocation
D. Banker's algorithmIV. ROM
  1. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
  2. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
  3. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
  4. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
Answer & explanation →
Q86. Match List I with List II.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List IList II
A. Stack algorithmI. Deadlock
B. Elevator algorithmII. Disk scheduling
C. Priority schedulingIII. Page replacement algorithm
D. Havender's algorithmIV. CPU scheduling
  1. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
  2. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  3. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
  4. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
Answer & explanation →
Q97. Given below are two statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A): A load-and-go assembler avoids the overhead of writing the object program out and reading it back in.
Reason (R): This can be done with either a one-pass or a two-pass assembler.
Choose the correct answer.
  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
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Answer key

  1. 22 – B
  2. 23 – B
  3. 63 – C
  4. 67 – A
  5. 80 – C
  6. 81 – C
  7. 86 – A
  8. 97 – A