Question

True or false

1. A program resides in Main Memory

2. A process resides in Main Memory

3.A program reside in/on Disk (Secondary Memory)

4. A primary objective of an OS is to manage hardware resources and provide a
useful interface of those resources to programmers.

5.A primary objective of an OS is to manage hardware resources and provide a
useful interface of those resources to programmers.

5.

6.

Answer 1

1.False:

because  It has a limited capacity and data is lost when power is switched off. therefore progeams is stored permenantly in secondary memory.

2.True.

The processes that are residing in main memory and are ready and waiting to execute are kept on a list called ready queue.

3.True.

Programs are stored on secondary storage devices such as hard disks. When you install a program on your computer, the program is actually copied to your hard disk.But when you execute a program, the program is copied (loaded) from your hard disk to the main memory, and that copy of the program is executed

4.True

Main objective of an Operating System is to manage hardware resources and provide a
useful interface of those resources to programmers.

5.

True

Main objective of an Operating System is to manage hardware resources and provide a
useful interface of those resources to programmers.