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Operating Systems practice questions

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18 questionsDomain: Operating Systems
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What the exam tests

What to know about Operating Systems

Operating Systems questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

Watch out for

Common Operating Systems exam traps

  • ▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
  • ▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
  • ▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
  • ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

Practice set

Operating Systems questions

18 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1mediummulti select
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A data analyst is comparing characteristics of structured and unstructured data. Which TWO of the following are characteristics of structured data? (Choose two.)

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A company uses an OLTP system for processing customer transactions. Which characteristic is most important for this system to ensure that each transaction is processed reliably, even if multiple users access the system simultaneously?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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An e-commerce company is merging customer data from three legacy systems. Two systems use email as unique identifier, but one system allows multiple customers per email. The third uses phone number. To create a unified customer view, the analyst should first:

Question 4mediummultiple choice
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A financial analyst wants to create a dashboard that shows the monthly profit and loss, highlighting how each component (revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses) contributes to the final net profit. Which chart type is most appropriate?

Question 5mediummultiple choice
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A manufacturing company has two primary data systems: an ERP system that stores production orders with fields like OrderID, ProductID, Quantity, and ProductionDate, and a CRM system that stores customer sales with fields like SaleID, CustomerID, ProductID, SaleDate, and Amount. The data analyst needs to create a unified view of product performance by joining these tables. However, the ProductID field in the ERP uses a 5-character alphanumeric code (e.g., 'P1234'), while the CRM uses a 6-character code (e.g., 'PR1234'). Additionally, some products have multiple entries due to slight variations in naming. The analyst wants to ensure accurate matching without losing data. Which action should the analyst take first to address the data inconsistency?

Question 6hardmultiple choice
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A mid-sized e-commerce company stores customer data in a relational database. The database has a table named 'Customers' with columns: CustomerID (primary key), FirstName, LastName, Email, Phone, Address, City, State, ZipCode, and SignUpDate. The company is migrating to a new CRM system that requires a denormalized structure for performance reasons. The new system expects a single table 'CustomerDetails' with columns: CustomerID, FullName (concatenation of first and last name), ContactInfo (JSON object containing email, phone, and address), SignUpDate, and Region (derived from state). The data analyst must design an ETL process to transform the data. During a test run, the analyst notices that some records have missing Phone or Address values. Which of the following is the best approach to handle missing data in the ContactInfo JSON object?

Question 7easymulti select
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Which TWO of the following are considered internal data sources within an organization?

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each data quality dimension to its description.

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Concepts
Matches

Degree to which data correctly reflects real-world values

Extent to which all required data is present

Absence of contradictions across data sources

Data is up-to-date and available when needed

No duplicate records exist within the dataset

Question 9easymulti select
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Which TWO are examples of internal data sources? (Select exactly 2)

Question 10mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. A data analyst is trying to understand access permissions for the company data folder. Which statement accurately describes the effective permissions?

Exhibit

{"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"AWS":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/DataAnalyst"},"Action":"s3:GetObject","Resource":"arn:aws:s3:::company-data/prod/*"},{"Effect":"Deny","Principal":"*","Action":"s3:GetObject","Resource":"arn:aws:s3:::company-data/prod/sensitive/*"}]}
Question 11mediummultiple choice
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A data analyst is tasked with combining customer data from a CRM system and a billing system. The CRM uses a GUID for customer ID, while billing uses an integer. Which approach should the analyst use to ensure a reliable merge?

Question 12easymultiple choice
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A hospital's patient records system must process thousands of small transactions per second. Which type of database system is best suited for this workload?

Question 13easymultiple choice
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A data analyst needs to ensure that a customer's address is stored in a consistent format across multiple databases. Which data quality dimension is the analyst primarily concerned with?

Question 14hardmultiple choice
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A large retail company is integrating customer data from two separate CRM systems into a new data warehouse. System A stores customer IDs as integers (e.g., 12345), while System B stores them as alphanumeric strings (e.g., 'CUST-12345-X'). Additionally, some customers exist in both systems but with slight name variations (e.g., 'John Smith' vs 'Jon Smith'). The data warehouse requires a unified customer table with a single unique identifier for each customer. The analyst needs to design the data acquisition process. Which of the following is the most appropriate first step?

Question 15mediummulti select
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A data governance team is establishing policies for data quality. Which THREE of the following are common dimensions of data quality? (Select 3)

Question 16hardmultiple choice
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A large financial institution is implementing a data governance framework to comply with new regulations requiring strict control over sensitive customer data. The data governance committee has identified several domains, including customer master data, transaction data, and risk assessment data. They need to decide on a master data management (MDM) approach that ensures a single, authoritative source of customer information across all systems. However, the current environment has multiple legacy systems with conflicting customer records. The committee is concerned about downtime and business disruption during the transition. Which MDM approach best balances data consistency with minimal operational impact?

Question 17hardmultiple choice
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A data engineer needs to acquire data from a legacy mainframe system that does not support modern APIs or direct database connectivity. Which approach is most feasible?

Question 18hardmultiple choice
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A financial institution is merging transaction data from two different systems. System A stores currency amounts as integers in cents, and System B stores as decimals in dollars. What is the best way to integrate the data?

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Frequently asked questions

What does the DA0-002 exam test about Operating Systems?
Operating Systems questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
How should I use these practice questions?
Select your answer before revealing the explanation. Then read why each option is right or wrong — this active recall approach builds retention far faster than re-reading notes.
Can I practise just Operating Systems questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Operating Systems domain. Use a 10-question session first to gauge your baseline, then move to 20 or 30 once the weak spots are clear.
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