Input Output (IO) System

Multiple Choice questions & answers are available for a Computer Science students to clear GAT, NTS, ECAT exams, various technical interview, competitive examination, and other entrance exam. Input Output (IO) System is the important Topic for a computer science and technical students and one should practice these Mcqs to grasp good knowledge on the topic.

41.
An asynchronous call :

Returns immediately, without waiting for the I/O to complete

Does not return immediately and waits for the I/O to complete

Consumes a lot of time

Is too slow

42.
Buffering is done to :

Cope with device speed mismatch

Cope with device transfer size mismatch

Maintain copy semantics

All of the mentioned

43.
Caching is ________ spooling.

Same as

Not the same as

All of the mentioned

None of the mentioned

44.
Caching :

Holds a copy of the data

Is fast memory

Holds the only copy of the data

Holds output for a device

45.
Spooling :

Holds a copy of the data

Is fast memory

Holds the only copy of the data

Holds output for a device

47.
The kernel data structures include :

Process table

Open file table

Close file table

All of the mentioned

48.
Windows NT uses a __________ implementation for I/O.

Message – passing

Draft – passing

Secondary memory

Cache

49.
A ________ is a full duplex connection between a device driver and a user level process.

Bus

I/O operation

Stream

Flow

50.
I/O is a _________ in system performance.

Major factor

Minor factor

Does not matter

None of the mentioned

51.
If the number of cycles spent busy – waiting is not excessive, then :

Interrupt driven I/O is more efficient than programmed I/O

Programmed I/O is more efficient than interrupt driven I/O

Both programmed and interrupt driven I/O are equally efficient

None of the mentioned

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