📝 System Boot

📖 From Operating System • 2. Operating System Structure • 30 questions available

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-04

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Q1. The procedure of starting a computer by loading the kernel is formally known as:

🔹 A. Initializing

🔹 B. Booting

🔹 C. Compiling

🔹 D. Generating

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. The bootstrap program stored in ROM for large operating systems typically reads a boot block from disk into memory. From where on the disk is this block read?

🔹 A. The last sector of the disk

🔹 B. A fixed location such as block zero

🔹 C. The middle of the disk

🔹 D. Any location chosen by the user

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. Why might a system store the operating system in firmware and also copy it to RAM for execution?

🔹 A. To reduce the cost of the system

🔹 B. To achieve faster execution speed than running from firmware

🔹 C. To prevent virus infections

🔹 D. To simplify the boot process

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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🔗 Related Topics

📝 Computer System Architecture 📝 Computer System Organization 📝 Computing Environments 📝 Kernel Data Structures 📝 Memory Management

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