COSC 2610 Final Study Guide EXAM 2026 -2027 \NEWEST
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS\ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE \LATEST
UPDATE
Q: Device management principles are changing rapidly to
accommodate cloud computing. T/F
ANSWERS: False
Q ___ uses the same underlying philosophy as shortest job next, where
the
shortest jobs are processed first and longer jobs are made to wait.
A. LOOK
B. FCFS
C. SSTF
D. SCAN
ANSWERS: SSTF
,Q. On an optical disc, all sectors are ____.
A. of varying sizes depending upon where you are on the disc
B. larger as you move to the edge
C. smaller as you move to the edge
D. of the same size throughout the disc
ANSWERS: of the same size throughout the disc
Q: Nested RAID levels, also called hybrid levels, are complex RAID
configurations created by combining multiple standard levels. T/F
ANSWERS: True
Q: Parallel processing is a situation in which two or more processors
operate in one system at the same time and may or may not work on
related activities. T/F
ANSWERS: True
Q: The two operations that can be performed on a semaphore
variable are select and increment (P and V). T/F
ANSWERS: False
,Q: The __ multiprocessing configuration is the most difficult to
implement
because the processes must be well synchronized to avoid races and
deadlocks.
A. master/slave
B. loosely coupled
C. symmetric
D. shared load
ANSWERS: symmetric
Q ___ semaphores are used in the producer and consumer problem.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
ANSWERS: Three
Q: Most current operating systems support the implementation of
threads, or
____, which have become part of numerous application packages.
A. parallel processes
B. lightweight processes
C. heavyweight processes
D. semaphores
ANSWERS: lightweight processes
, Q. The computer system a file by activating the appropriate secondary
storage device and loading the file into memory while updating its
records of who is using that file.
A. creates
B. formats
C. allocates
D. configures
ANSWERS: allocates
Q: Many computer users and some operating systems call subdirectories
____.
A. folders
B. files
C. volumes
D. databases
ANSWERS: folders
Q: When data is stored in fixed length fields, data that extends beyond
the fixed size ____.
A. generates an operating system error
B. is truncated
C. is broken up and stored in more than one field
D. combines multiple fields to accommodate the data
ANSWERS: is truncated
VERSION WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS\ACTUAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE \LATEST
UPDATE
Q: Device management principles are changing rapidly to
accommodate cloud computing. T/F
ANSWERS: False
Q ___ uses the same underlying philosophy as shortest job next, where
the
shortest jobs are processed first and longer jobs are made to wait.
A. LOOK
B. FCFS
C. SSTF
D. SCAN
ANSWERS: SSTF
,Q. On an optical disc, all sectors are ____.
A. of varying sizes depending upon where you are on the disc
B. larger as you move to the edge
C. smaller as you move to the edge
D. of the same size throughout the disc
ANSWERS: of the same size throughout the disc
Q: Nested RAID levels, also called hybrid levels, are complex RAID
configurations created by combining multiple standard levels. T/F
ANSWERS: True
Q: Parallel processing is a situation in which two or more processors
operate in one system at the same time and may or may not work on
related activities. T/F
ANSWERS: True
Q: The two operations that can be performed on a semaphore
variable are select and increment (P and V). T/F
ANSWERS: False
,Q: The __ multiprocessing configuration is the most difficult to
implement
because the processes must be well synchronized to avoid races and
deadlocks.
A. master/slave
B. loosely coupled
C. symmetric
D. shared load
ANSWERS: symmetric
Q ___ semaphores are used in the producer and consumer problem.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
ANSWERS: Three
Q: Most current operating systems support the implementation of
threads, or
____, which have become part of numerous application packages.
A. parallel processes
B. lightweight processes
C. heavyweight processes
D. semaphores
ANSWERS: lightweight processes
, Q. The computer system a file by activating the appropriate secondary
storage device and loading the file into memory while updating its
records of who is using that file.
A. creates
B. formats
C. allocates
D. configures
ANSWERS: allocates
Q: Many computer users and some operating systems call subdirectories
____.
A. folders
B. files
C. volumes
D. databases
ANSWERS: folders
Q: When data is stored in fixed length fields, data that extends beyond
the fixed size ____.
A. generates an operating system error
B. is truncated
C. is broken up and stored in more than one field
D. combines multiple fields to accommodate the data
ANSWERS: is truncated
