Operating Systems Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

Explain booting the system in operating system.

564

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

474

Describe system calls and its type

566

What is time slice?

536

What are the advantages of distributed system?

557

Explain the execution cycle for a von neumann architecture.

560

Explain thrashing.

540

Differentiate between the user mode and monitor mode.

598

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

769

Explain the booting process of a windows xp system.

569

Explain smp.

545

Explain how a copying garbage collector works.

584

List the issues related to the handheld system.

548

What is synchronization? What are the different synchronization mechanisms?

534

Tell us something about mutex.

589


Un-Answered Questions { Operating Systems }

What is the difference between length () and size () of arraylist?

431


Is selection sort greedy?

477


Is hashmap fail safe?

482


What is the most powerful operating system?

518


Is syswow64 folder a virus?

483






How can we switch the roles in an active directory?

473


What is the definition of windows operating system?

416


Where is the run command in windows 7?

423


What are the difference between malloc() and calloc()?

535


What are hard links?

438


Which searching algorithm is best?

443


Can you defrag a ssd drive?

487


What are the tools used for windows backup strategies?

1846


How do I use nslookup in linux?

487


In solaris 10 root Disk is 98% full what steps to be taken?

1644