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Chapter 5- Input Output

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1. What is the purpose of I/O operations in an operating system?
a) To transfer data between different processes
b) To transfer data between the CPU and memory
c) To transfer data between external devices and the computer
d) To transfer data between different networks
Answer: c) To transfer data between external devices and the computer

2. Which of the following is not a type of I/O device?

a) Keyboard
b) Monitor
c) Hard disk
d) Processor
Answer: d) Processor

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of I/O operations?

a) They are slower than CPU operations
b) They are independent of the CPU
c) They require the use of interrupt signals
d) They can cause contention for system resources
Answer: b) They are independent of the CPU

4. What is the role of device drivers in I/O operations?

a) To manage the transfer of data between external devices and the computer
b) To manage the allocation of system resources to different processes
c) To manage the execution of CPU instructions
d) To manage the scheduling of I/O requests
Answer: a) To manage the transfer of data between external devices and the computer

5. Which of the following is not a method of I/O device communication?

a) Programmed I/O
b) Interrupt-driven I/O
c) Direct memory access (DMA)
d) Multi-core processing
Answer: d) Multi-core processing

6. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on their arrival time?
a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)
b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
c) SCAN
d) C-LOOK
Answer: a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)

7. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on the shortest seek time?
a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)
b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
c) SCAN
d) C-LOOK
Answer: b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)

8. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on their location on the disk?
a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)
b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
c) SCAN
d) C-LOOK
Answer: c) SCAN

9. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on their location on the disk and their direction of movement?
a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)
b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
c) SCAN
d) C-LOOK
Answer: d) C-LOOK

10. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms is designed to prevent

starvation?
a) First-Come, First-Serve (FCFS)
b) Shortest Seek Time First (SSTF)
c) SCAN
d) Deadline-based scheduling
Answer: d) Deadline-based scheduling

11. Which of the following I/O buffering techniques stores data in a first-in,
first-out (FIFO) queue?
a) Block buffering
b) Character buffering
c) Line buffering
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Character buffering

12. Which of the following I/O buffering techniques stores data in fixed-size
blocks?
a) Block buffering
b) Character buffering
c) Line buffering
d) None of the above
Answer: a) Block buffering
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13. What is Input/Output (I/O) in an operating system?
a) The process of executing instructions in a CPU
b) The process of transferring data between memory and the CPU
c) The process of transferring data between peripheral devices and the CPU
d) The process of managing files and directories in a file system
Answer: c) The process of transferring data between peripheral devices and the CPU

14. Which of the following is a common I/O device?

a) CPU
b) RAM
c) Printer
d) Cache
Answer: c) Printer

15. Which of the following is not a type of I/O device?

a) Block device
b) Character device
c) Network device
d) Process device
Answer: d) Process device

16. Which of the following is not a function of the I/O manager in an operating
system?
a) Providing a standard interface for device drivers
b) Managing I/O requests from user applications
c) Allocating memory to device drivers
d) Performing I/O operations on behalf of user applications
Answer: c) Allocating memory to device drivers

17. Which of the following is not a component of the I/O subsystem in an operating
system?
a) Device drivers
b) I/O manager
c) Interrupt handler
d) Virtual memory manager
Answer: d) Virtual memory manager

18. Which of the following is a type of I/O operation?

a) Open
b) Close
c) Read
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

19. Which of the following I/O operations reads data from a device into memory?
a) Open
b) Close
c) Read
d) Write
Answer: c) Read

20. Which of the following I/O operations writes data from memory to a device?
a) Open
b) Close
c) Read
d) Write
Answer: d) Write

21. Which of the following is a type of I/O request?

a) Synchronous
b) Asynchronous
c) Interrupt-driven
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above

22. Which of the following I/O request types requires the CPU to wait for the I/O
operation to complete?
a) Synchronous
b) Asynchronous
c) Interrupt-driven
d) None of the above
Answer: a) Synchronous

23. Which of the following I/O request types allows the CPU to continue executing
while the I/O operation is in progress?
a) Synchronous
b) Asynchronous
c) Interrupt-driven
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Asynchronous

24. Which of the following is a disadvantage of synchronous I/O?

a) It can block the CPU, reducing system performance
b) It can result in lost data if the I/O operation fails
c) It can cause device conflicts if multiple devices are accessed simultaneously
d) All of the above
Answer: a) It can block the CPU, reducing system performance

25. Which of the following is a disadvantage of asynchronous I/O?

a) It can lead to data inconsistency if multiple I/O operations are in progress
simultaneously
b) It can result in increased overhead due to the need to manage multiple I/O
operations
c) It can cause device conflicts if multiple devices are accessed simultaneously
d) None of the above
Answer: b) It can result in increased overhead due to the need to manage multiple
I/O operations
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26. What is the purpose of an input/output (I/O) system in an operating system?
a) To manage the communication between the CPU and the memory
b) To manage the communication between the CPU and the peripherals
c) To manage the communication between the memory and the peripherals
d) To manage the communication between the peripherals and the network
Answer: b) To manage the communication between the CPU and the peripherals

27. Which of the following is an example of an I/O device?

a) CPU
b) RAM
c) Hard drive
d) Cache memory
Answer: c) Hard drive

28. Which of the following is not a type of I/O operation?

a) Read
b) Write
c) Execute
d) Open
Answer: c) Execute

29. Which of the following is not a method for performing I/O operations?
a) Programmed I/O
b) Interrupt-driven I/O
c) Direct memory access (DMA)
d) Multi-threaded I/O
Answer: d) Multi-threaded I/O

30. Which of the following is a disadvantage of programmed I/O?

a) It is slower than interrupt-driven I/O
b) It requires more CPU time than interrupt-driven I/O
c) It cannot handle large data transfers
d) It cannot handle multiple I/O devices at once
Answer: b) It requires more CPU time than interrupt-driven I/O

31. Which of the following I/O operations requires the least amount of overhead?
a) Programmed I/O
b) Interrupt-driven I/O
c) DMA
d) All I/O operations have the same amount of overhead
Answer: c) DMA

32. Which of the following is an advantage of interrupt-driven I/O?

a) It allows the CPU to perform other tasks while waiting for I/O to complete
b) It is faster than programmed I/O
c) It can handle multiple I/O devices at once
d) It requires less memory than programmed I/O
Answer: a) It allows the CPU to perform other tasks while waiting for I/O to
complete

33. Which of the following is a disadvantage of interrupt-driven I/O?

a) It requires more CPU time than programmed I/O
b) It cannot handle large data transfers
c) It can cause interrupts to be missed if too many I/O devices are active at once
d) It requires the use of DMA
Answer: c) It can cause interrupts to be missed if too many I/O devices are active
at once

34. Which of the following is not a benefit of using DMA?

a) It reduces the amount of CPU overhead required for I/O operations
b) It allows for larger data transfers
c) It allows for multiple I/O devices to be active at once
d) It reduces the time required for I/O operations
Answer: c) It allows for multiple I/O devices to be active at once

35. Which of the following is a disadvantage of using DMA?

a) It requires more CPU time than programmed I/O
b) It is slower than interrupt-driven I/O
c) It can cause data corruption if not implemented correctly
d) It cannot handle large data transfers
Answer: c) It can cause data corruption if not implemented correctly

35. Which of the following is not a type of device driver?

a) Block device driver
b) Character device driver
c) Interrupt handler
d) Network device driver
Answer: c) Interrupt handler

37. Which of the following is an example of a block device?

a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Printer
d) Hard drive
Answer: d) Hard drive
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38. Which of the following is not an example of an I/O device?
a) Hard disk
b) Keyboard
c) CPU
d) Printer
Answer: c) CPU

39. Which of the following is not a function of an I/O system?

a) Buffering
b) Caching
c) Scheduling
d) Multitasking
Answer: d) Multitasking

40. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on their arrival time?
a) FCFS (First Come First Serve)
b) SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)
c) SCAN
d) C-SCAN
Answer: a) FCFS (First Come First Serve)

41. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms prioritizes I/O requests based
on the shortest seek time?
a) FCFS (First Come First Serve)
b) SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)
c) SCAN
d) C-SCAN
Answer: b) SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)

42. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the FCFS (First Come First Serve)
scheduling algorithm?
a) It can lead to long waiting times for I/O requests with large seek times
b) It can prioritize I/O requests based on their arrival time, which may not be the
most efficient
c) It can cause starvation for low-priority I/O requests
d) It can be complex and difficult to implement
Answer: a) It can lead to long waiting times for I/O requests with large seek times

43. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms scans the disk from one end to
the other, servicing all requests in between?
a) FCFS (First Come First Serve)
b) SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)
c) SCAN
d) C-SCAN
Answer: c) SCAN

44. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms scans the disk from one end to
the other, but only services requests in one direction, then jumps back to the
beginning and repeats the process?
a) FCFS (First Come First Serve)
b) SSTF (Shortest Seek Time First)
c) SCAN
d) C-SCAN
Answer: d) C-SCAN

45. Which of the following I/O techniques is used to increase the efficiency of
disk accesses by temporarily storing frequently accessed data in memory?
a) Caching
b) Buffering
c) Spooling
d) Paging
Answer: a) Caching

46. Which of the following I/O techniques is used to temporarily store data that is
being transferred between devices to reduce the overhead of frequent device
accesses?
a) Caching
b) Buffering
c) Spooling
d) Paging
Answer: b) Buffering

47. Which of the following I/O techniques is used to temporarily store data that is
waiting to be printed, so that the process that requested the print can continue
executing?
a) Caching
b) Buffering
c) Spooling
d) Paging
Answer: c) Spooling

48. Which of the following is not an advantage of spooling?

a) It can reduce the time required to access a device
b) It can allow multiple processes to share a single device
c) It can allow a process to continue executing while waiting for I/O
d) It can be used for any type of device
Answer: d) It can be used for any type of device
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49. What is Input/Output (I/O) in operating system?
a) The process of loading and executing a program
b) The process of managing the memory of a system
c) The process of exchanging data between a computer and its peripherals
d) The process of scheduling tasks in a system
Answer: c) The process of exchanging data between a computer and its peripherals

50. Which of the following is not a type of I/O device?

a) Printer
b) Keyboard
c) CPU
d) Mouse
Answer: c) CPU

51. Which of the following is not a type of I/O operation?

a) Input
b) Output
c) Memory access
d) Interrupt
Answer: c) Memory access

52. Which of the following is not a function of an I/O device controller?

a) Convert data between different formats
b) Perform error detection and correction
c) Manage the transfer of data between the device and the computer
d) Execute the instructions of the operating system
Answer: d) Execute the instructions of the operating system

53. Which of the following is not a method of I/O data transfer?

a) Programmed I/O
b) Interrupt-driven I/O
c) Direct Memory Access (DMA)
d) Central Processing Unit (CPU) scheduling
Answer: d) Central Processing Unit (CPU) scheduling

54. Which of the following I/O techniques is most suitable for transferring a large
amount of data?
a) Programmed I/O
b) Interrupt-driven I/O
c) Direct Memory Access (DMA)
d) Bus mastering
Answer: c) Direct Memory Access (DMA)

55. Which of the following is not a benefit of using DMA for I/O operations?
a) Reduced CPU utilization
b) Increased system performance
c) Simpler device drivers
d) Reduced I/O latency
Answer: c) Simpler device drivers

56. Which of the following is not a type of I/O scheduling algorithm?

a) First-Come, First-Served (FCFS)
b) Shortest Job First (SJF)
c) Round Robin (RR)
d) Last-In, First-Out (LIFO)
Answer: b) Shortest Job First (SJF)

57. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms provides equal access to all
processes in the system?
a) First-Come, First-Served (FCFS)
b) Shortest Job First (SJF)
c) Round Robin (RR)
d) Priority scheduling
Answer: c) Round Robin (RR)

58. Which of the following I/O scheduling algorithms favors processes with high I/O
requirements?
a) First-Come, First-Served (FCFS)
b) Shortest Job First (SJF)
c) Round Robin (RR)
d) Priority scheduling
Answer: d) Priority scheduling

59. Which of the following is not a factor that affects I/O performance?
a) Data transfer rate
b) Device characteristics
c) User interaction
d) CPU speed
Answer: d) CPU speed

60. Which of the following is not a type of I/O device driver?

a) Block device driver
b) Character device driver
c) Network device driver
d) CPU device driver
Answer: d) CPU device driver

61. Which of the following is not a function of an I/O system call?

a) Requesting a device operation
b) Waiting for an I/O operation to complete
c) Registering an interrupt handler
d) Copying data between user space and kernel space
Answer: c) Registering an interrupt handler
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