1000+ System Programming Interview Questions and Answers Pdf - 1

Question: 1

In which addressing mode, the operand is given explicitly in the instruction?

(A) index mode

(B) indirect mode

(C) immediate mode

(D) absolute mode

Question: 2

The memory allocation scheme subject to external fragmentation is

(A) swapping

(B) pure demand paging

(C) multiple continuous fixed partitions

(D) segmentation

Question: 3

The action of parsing the source program into proper syntactic classes is called

(A) general syntax analysis

(B) interpretation analysis

(C) syntax analysis

(D) lexical analysis

Question: 4

A hardware device that is capable of executing a sequence of instructions is called

(A) CU

(B) Processor

(C) ALU

(D) CPU

Question: 5

Multiprogramming

(A) allows multiple programs to reside in separate areas of core at the time

(B) is a method of allocating processor time

(C) consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during execution of a computation

(D) is a method memory allocation by which the program is subdivided into equal portions, or pages and core is sub divided into equal portions or blocks