1
GATE CSE 1998
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
Which of the following is an example of spooled device?
A
The terminal used to enter the input data for the C program being executed.
B
An output device used to print the output of a number of jobs.
C
The secondary memory device in a virtual storage system.
D
The swapping area on a disk used by the swapper.
2
GATE CSE 1998
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A counting semaphore was initialized to 10. Then 6 P (wait) operations and 4 V (signal) operations were completed on this semaphore. The resulting value of the semaphore
A
0
B
8
C
10
D
12
3
GATE CSE 1998
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
What is the result of the following program?
program side-effect (input, output);
var x, result: integer:
fucntion f (var x:integer):integer;
begin
    x:x+1;f:=x;
end
begin
    x:=5
    result:=f(x)*f(x)
    writeln(result)
end
A
5
B
25
C
36
D
42
4
GATE CSE 1998
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Faster access to non-local variables is achieved using an array of pointers to activation records called a
A
stack
B
heap
C
display
D
activation tree