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Paper 2 CS · UNIT 05

System Software and Operating System – Previous Year Questions

336 questions from past UGC NET Paper 2 – Computer Science papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.

  1. Which UNIX/Linux command is used to make all files and sub-directories in the directory “progs” executable by all users ?
    Answer: A. chmod− R a+x progs Paper 2 CS · July 2018
  2. Which of the following statements are true ? (a) External Fragmentation exists when there is enough total memory space to satisfy a request but the available space is contiguous. (b) Memory Fragmentation can be internal…
    Answer: C. (b) and (c) only Paper 2 CS · July 2018
  3. Page information in memory is also called as Page Table. The essential contents in each entry of a page table is/are _________.
    Answer: C. Page Frame number Paper 2 CS · July 2018
  4. Consider a virtual page reference string 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 3, 4. Suppose LRU page replacement algorithm is implemented with 3 page frames in main memory. Then the number of page faults are_________.
    Answer: B. 7 Paper 2 CS · July 2018
  5. Consider the following three processes, with arrival time and CPU burst time in milliseconds: P1 (arrival 0, burst 7), P2 (arrival 1, burst 4), P3 (arrival 2, burst 8). The Gantt chart for the preemptive SJF scheduling…
    Answer: B. Paper 2 CS · July 2018
  6. In which of the following scheduling criteria, context switching will never take place?
    Answer: C. Non-preemptive SJF Paper 2 CS · July 2018