Module 1 - Questions on Processes

Question 1

What is operating system?

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all of the above

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collection of programs that manages hardware resources

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system service provider to the application programs

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link to interface the hardware and application programs

Question 2

To access the services of operating system, the interface is provided by the

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System calls

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API

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Library

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Assembly instructions

Question 3

Which one of the following is not true?

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kernel is made of various modules which can not be loaded in running operating system

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kernel is the program that constitutes the central core of the operating system

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kernel is the first part of operating system to load into memory during booting

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kernel remains in the memory during the entire computer session

Question 4

Which one of the following errors will be handle by the operating system?

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all of the above

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power failure

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lack of paper in printer

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connection failure in the network

Question 5

The main function of the command interpreter is

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to get and execute the next user-specified command

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to provide the interface between the API and application program

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to handle the files in operating system

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none of the above

Question 6

In an operating system, resource management can be done via

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both time and space division multiplexing

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time division multiplexing

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space division multiplexing

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none of the mentioned

Question 7

If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______

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log file

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another running process

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new file

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none of the above

Question 8

Which facility dynamically adds probes to a running system, both in user processes and in the kernel?

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DTrace

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DLocate

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DMap

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DAdd

Question 9

Which one of the following is not a real time operating system?

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Palm OS

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VxWorks

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Windows CE

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RTLinux

Question 10

The OS X has ____________

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hybrid kernel

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monolithic kernel

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microkernel

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monolithic kernel with modules

Question 11

The systems which allows only one process execution at a time, are called

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uniprocessing systems

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uniprogramming systems

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unitasking systems

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none of the above

Question 12

In an operating system, each process has its own

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all of the above

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address space and global variables

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open files

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pending alarms, signals and signal handlers

Question 13

In Unix, Which system call creates the new process?

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fork ()

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create ()

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new ()

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none of the above

Question 14

A process can be terminated due to

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all of the above

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a normal exit

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a fatal error

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being killed by another process

Question 15

What is the ready state of a process?

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when process is scheduled to run after some execution

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when process is unable to run until some task has been completed

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when process is using the CPU

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none of the above

Question 16

What is interprocess communication?

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communication between two process

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communication within the process

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communication between two threads of same process

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none of the above

Question 17

A set of processes is deadlocked if

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each process is blocked and will remain so forever

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each process is terminated

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all processes are trying to kill each other

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none of the above

Question 18

A process stack does not contain

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PID of child process

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Function parameters

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Local variables

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Return addresses

Question 19

Which system call returns the process identifier of a terminated child?

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wait

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exit

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fork

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get

Question 20

The address of the next instruction to be executed by the current process is provided by the

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Program counter

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CPU registers

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Process stack

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Pipe

Question 21

A Process Control Block(PCB) does not contain which of the following :

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Bootstrap program

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Code

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Stack

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Data

Question 22

The number of processes completed per unit time is known as __________

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Throughput

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Output

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Efficiency

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Capacity

Question 23

The state of a process is defined by:

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the current activity of the process

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the final activity of the process

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the activity just executed by the process

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the activity to next be executed by the process

Question 24

Which of the following is not the state of a process?

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Old

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New

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Waiting

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Running

Question 25

The Process Control Block is:

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Data Structure

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Process type variable

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A secondary storage section

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A Block in memory

Question 26

The entry of all the PCBs of the current processes is in:

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Process Table

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Process Register

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Program Counter

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Process Unit

Question 27

The degree of multiprogramming is:

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the number of processes in memory

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the number of processes executed per unit time

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the number of processes in the ready queue

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the number of processes in the I/O queue

Question 28

A single thread of control allows the process to perform:

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only one task at a time

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multiple tasks at a time

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only two tasks at a time

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all of the above

Question 29

The objective of multiprogramming is to :

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Have some process running at all times

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Have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run

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To minimize CPU utilization

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None of the Above

Question 30

Which of the following do not belong to queues for processes ?

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PCB queue

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Job Queue

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Device Queue

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Ready Queue

Question 31

When the process issues an I/O request :

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It is placed in an I/O queue

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It is placed in a waiting queue

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It is placed in the ready queue

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It is placed in the Job queue

Question 32

When a process terminates :

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It is removed from all queues

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It is removed from all, but the job queue

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Its process control block is de-allocated

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Its process control block is never de-allocated

Question 33

What is a long-term scheduler ?

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It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue

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It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

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It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping

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None of the mentioned

Question 34

If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be ______ and the Short term Scheduler will have a ______ to do.

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empty, little

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full, little

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full, lot

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empty, lot

Question 35

What is a medium-term scheduler ?

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It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping

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It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue

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It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

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None of the mentioned

Question 36

What is a short-term scheduler ?

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It selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

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It selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue

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It selects which process to remove from memory by swapping

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None of the mentioned

Question 37

The primary distinction between the short term scheduler and the long term scheduler is :

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The frequency of their execution

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The length of their queues

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The type of processes they schedule

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None of the Above

Question 38

The only state transition that is initiated by the user process itself is :

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block

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wakeup

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dispatch

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none of the above

Question 39

In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process goes from the running state to the :

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Ready state

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Blocked state

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Suspended state

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Terminated state

Question 40

In a multiprogramming environment :

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more than one process resides in the memory

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the processor executes more than one process at a time

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the programs are developed by more than one person

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a single user can execute many programs at the same time

Question 41

Suppose that a process is in “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is completed, it goes to the :

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Ready state

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Running state

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Suspended state

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Terminated state

Question 42

The context of a process in the PCB of a process does not contain :

Accepted Answer

context switch time

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the value of the CPU registers

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the process state

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memory-management information

Question 43

Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes ?

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Translation lookaside buffer

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General purpose registers

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Program counter

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All of the Above

Question 44

Which of the following does not interrupt a running process ?

Accepted Answer

Scheduler process

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A device

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Timer

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Power failure

Question 45

Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the system?

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cooperating process

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child process

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parent process

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init process

Question 46

When several processes access the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place, is called

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race condition

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dynamic condition

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essential condition

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critical condition

Question 47

If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called

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mutual exclusion

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critical exclusion

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synchronous exclusion

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asynchronous exclusion

Question 48

Which one of the following is a synchronization tool?

Accepted Answer

semaphore

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thread

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pipe

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socket

Question 49

A semaphore is a shared integer variable

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that can not drop below zero

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that can not be more than zero

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that can not drop below one

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that can not be more than one

Question 50

Mutual exclusion can be provided by the

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binary semaphores

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mutex locks

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both mutex locks and binary semaphores

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none of the above

Question 51

When high priority task is indirectly preempted by medium priority task effectively inverting the relative priority of the two tasks, the scenario is called

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priority inversion

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priority removal

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priority exchange

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priority modification

Question 52

Process synchronization can be done on

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both hardware and software level

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hardware level

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software level

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none of the above

Question 53

A monitor is a module that encapsulates

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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shared data structures

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procedures that operate on shared data structure

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synchronization between concurrent procedure invocation

Question 54

To enable a process to wait within the monitor,

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a condition variable must be declared as condition

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condition variables must be used as boolean objects

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semaphore must be used

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all of the above

Question 55

Restricting the child process to a subset of the parent’s resources prevents any process from :

Accepted Answer

overloading the system by creating a lot of sub-processes

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overloading the system by using a lot of secondary storage

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under-loading the system by very less CPU utilization

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crashing the system by utilizing multiple resources

Question 56

A parent process calling _____ system call will be suspended until children processes terminate.

Accepted Answer

wait

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fork

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exit

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exec

Question 57

Cascading termination refers to termination of all child processes before the parent terminates ______

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Normally

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Abnormally

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Normally or abnormally

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None of the above

Question 58

With _____________ only one process can execute at a time; meanwhile all other process are waiting for the processor. With ______________ more than one process can be running simultaneously each on a different processor.

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Uniprogramming, Multiprocessing

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Multiprocessing, Multiprogramming

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Multiprogramming, Uniprocessing

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Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing

Question 59

In UNIX, each process is identified by its :

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Process Identifier

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Process Control Block

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Device Queue

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None of the above

Question 60

In UNIX, the return value for the fork system call is _____ for the child process and _____ for the parent process.

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Zero, A nonzero integer

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A Negative integer, Zero

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Zero, A Negative integer

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A nonzero integer, Zero

Question 61

The child process can :

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be a duplicate of the parent process

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never be a duplicate of the parent process

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cannot have another program loaded into it

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never have another program loaded into it

Question 62

The child process completes execution, but the parent keeps executing, then the child process is known as :

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Zombie

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Orphan

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Body

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Dead

Question 63

Inter process communication :

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allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions without using the same address space

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allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using the same address space

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allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication

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none of the above

Question 64

Message passing system allows processes to :

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communicate with one another without resorting to shared data

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communicate with one another by resorting to shared data

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share data

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name the recipient or sender of the message

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