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  1. Is possible for programs to create objects that are not subject to garbage colletion?
  2. Does garbage collection guarantee that a program will not run out of memory?
  3. When will a Thread Object be garbage collected?
  4. What state does a thread enter when it terminates its processing?
  5. What are three ways in which a thread can enter the waiting state?
  6. What are turnaround time and
  7. What is the resident set and working
  8. What is a trap and
  9. What is cycle stealing
  10. What is mutant
  11. What is a drawback
  12. What is SMP
  13. When does the condition
  14. What is busy
  15. What is page cann
  16. What is FtDisk
  17. What is process spa
  18. What is time-
  19. What is meant by arm
  20. What is thrashing
  21. What are demand- and
  22. What is an idle
  23. What are the reasons for process
  24. In loading programs into memory, what is
  25. What are the typical elements of
  26. List out some reasons for process
  27. What level of security does
  28. What has triggered the need for
  29. Define latency, transfer and seek time
  30. When is a system in safe
  31. What are the sub-components of I/O
  32. How many jobs can be run concurrently
  33. What are local and global page
  34. List the Coffman's conditions that
  35. What are DDks? Name an operating
  36. What is Executive in
  37. What are the key object oriented
  38. Explain Belady's Anomaly
  39. What are the stipulations of
  40. Paging a memory management function, while
  41. What are rings in Windows
  42. What is process migration
  43. How are the wait/signal operations for
  44. What is a binary semaphore
  45. What is the Translation Lookaside
  46. Describe the Buddy system of
  47. What are the four layers that Windows
  48. What are the possible threads a
  49. Explain the popular multiprocessor thread
  50. Explain the concept of Reentrancy
  51. What are short-, long- and medium-term
  52. In the context of memory management, what
  53. Is Windows NT a full blown object oriented