6999+ System Programming Question Bank with Answers - 1

Question: 1

An instruction in a programming language that is replaced by a sequence of instructions prior to assembly or compiling is called

(A) literal

(B) label

(C) procedure name

(D) macro

Question: 2

The technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them, is called

(A) partitioning

(B) windowing

(C) paging

(D) multi-tasking

Question: 3

The technique for sharing the time of a computer among several jobs which switches jobs so rapidly such that each job appears to have the computer to itself, is

(A) time domain

(B) time out

(C) time sharing

(D) partitioning

Question: 4

All the programs inside the computer which makes its usable are called

(A) system software

(B) application software

(C) shareware

(D) firmware

Question: 5

The system software does the job of merging the records from two files into one is

(A) documentation system

(B) networking software

(C) utility program

(D) security software