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Operating Systems General Concepts Interview Questions

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What are the functions of operating system?

1113

Explain booting the system in operating system.

1094

How does reference counting manage memory allocated objects? When can it fail to reclaim objects?

992

Describe system calls and its type

1190

What is time slice?

1196

What are the advantages of distributed system?

1047

Explain the execution cycle for a von neumann architecture.

1059

Explain thrashing.

1032

Differentiate between the user mode and monitor mode.

1155

Why is round robin algorithm considered better than first come first served algorithm?

1335

Explain the booting process of a windows xp system.

1124

Explain smp.

1096

Explain how a copying garbage collector works.

1070

List the issues related to the handheld system.

1032

What is synchronization? What are the different synchronization mechanisms?

1134

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How many bit is my computer?

1033

What are page frames?

1005

How do you fix a blue screen?

1043

Explain the difference between demand-paging and pre-paging?

1148

What are the 3 categories of operating systems?

1102

What are its main functions?

1185

Does ram affect excel performance?

982

A pair of redundant systems are operating, how would you ensure that when one of them goes down, the other one will take over its operation?

1168

What is the meaning of busy spin in multi-threading?

1070

Can chkdsk damage a hard drive?

1191

Can you please explain the difference between load-time dynamic linking and run-time dynamic linking?

1040

Explain thrashing.

1032

Is there a 86 bit operating system?

1088

How do I completely remove all traces of a program?

1171

Do 64 bit applications use more memory?

1007

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