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Operating System Fundamentals Nptel Week 1 Answers (July-Dec 2025)
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Question 1. Which of the following is not the responsibility of the operating system?
a) Resource management
b) Control the program execution
c) Network management
d) Developing application software
Question 2. Which of the following is/are not treated as resource in a computer system?
a) CPU cycles
b) Main memory
c) User processes
d) None of the other options
Question 3. Which of the following is not an example of a system program?
a) Disk defragmenter
b) Antivirus program
c) An operating system
d) A photo editing software
Question 4. Which one of the following is not considered a real-time operating system?
a) QNX
b) RTLinux
c) VRTX
d) Windows
Question 5. Which of the following is not applicable for RAM?
a) RAM is volatile memory
b) Holds the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), which is essential for starting up the computer
c) RAM is significantly faster than hard drives
d) RAM allows the CPU to access the memory locations directly
Question 6. Which of the following is/are true for interrupts?
a) Interrupts temporarily suspend the currently running process to handle a specific event
b) When an interrupt occurs, the CPU saves its current state
c) Interrupts can be generated both by external devices or by a program itself
d) All of the above
Question 7. Which of the following components is closest to the CPU?
a) RAM
b) Cache
c) Registers
d) Hard storage drives
Question 8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of an Interactive Operating System?
a) Real-time interaction with users
b) Quickly processes user input and provides feedback
c) Processes jobs in a sequence without user interaction
d) None of the above
Question 9. Which of the following is true about the address bus?
a) It carries data from the CPU to the memory
b) It carries the location address (memory address or I/O port) where data will be read or written
c) It carries control signals
d) None of the above
Question 10. Which of the following is not true about the data bus?
a) Transmits data between the CPU, memory, and peripherals
b) The data buses are unidirectional
c) A wider data bus allows for the transfer of more data bits simultaneously
d) None of the above
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