Which of the following situations are handled by an operating system as part…
2023
Which of the following situations are handled by an operating system as part of error handling?
(a) Lack of paper in the printer
(b) Power failure
(c) Virus protection
- A.
(a), (b) and (c)
- B.
Only (a) and (c)
- C.
Only (a) and (b)
- D.
Only (b) and (c)
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Correct answer: C
Correct answer: Only (a) and (b)
(a) Lack of paper in the printer: The operating system can detect/report printer-device errors such as paper shortage.
(b) Power failure: The operating system may handle power-related events through safe shutdown, recovery, or restoring system state where supported.
(c) Virus protection: Virus protection is normally provided by antivirus/security software, not by the core OS error-handling function tested here.
Therefore, only (a) and (b) are handled by the operating system in this context.