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Suicidal Operating Systems [Teachers: Teshebayeva Karagoz, Mishina Aigerim ; Final Exam + STATE EXAM] ▼ Quiz on OS | Quiz #2, created by Good Guy Beket on 28/03/2019.
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Question 1

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A program
Answer
  • is a device where information is stored.
  • is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.
  • is a sequence of instructions
  • is typcially characterized by interactive processing and time of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user

Question 2

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A task in blocked state:
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  • is running
  • is executable
  • is waiting for some temporarily unavailable resources
  • must still be placed in the run queues

Question 3

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Identify which state the process will transit: An interrupt occurs from disk unit 1 — P2’s read is complete:
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  • New
  • Exit
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Blocked
  • Ready/Suspend
  • Ready
  • Running

Question 4

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The process is in the secondary memory and awaiting an event:
Answer
  • Blocked
  • Ready
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Ready/Suspend

Question 5

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In the Running state:
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  • the process is prepared to execute
  • the process has been released from the pool of executable processes
  • The process has been created but has not yet been admitted to the pool of executable processes
  • The process is currently being executed
  • The process cannot execute until some event occurs
  • The process is available for execution as soon as it is loaded in main memory

Question 6

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The process is in main memory and available for execution
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  • Ready
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Blocked
  • Ready/Suspend

Question 7

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The OS uses this table to know the location in main memory being used as the source of destination of the input/output transfer:
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  • Primary process table
  • Memory tables
  • I/O tables
  • File table

Question 8

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Identify which state the process will transit: P4 terminates:
Answer
  • Running
  • New
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Ready/Suspend
  • Ready
  • Blocked
  • Exit

Question 9

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Identify which state the process will transit: P1 time slice expires
Answer
  • Ready/Suspend
  • Ready
  • New
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Blocked
  • Exit
  • Running

Question 10

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In which of these states the process is in secondary memory (choose all that apply)
Answer
  • ready
  • running
  • blocked
  • ready/suspend
  • blocked/suspend

Question 11

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Identify which state the process will transit: P1 executes a command to read from disk unit 3:
Answer
  • Running
  • Exit
  • New
  • Ready/Suspend
  • Blocked
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Ready

Question 12

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Which of the following is not a state of a process?
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  • New
  • Ready
  • Terminated
  • Waiting
  • Running
  • Old

Question 13

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Suppose that the process is in “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O device. When the service is completed, it goes to the
Answer
  • Terminated state
  • Ready state
  • Suspended state
  • Running state

Question 14

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With the use of swapping one other state must be added to the 5-state model:
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  • Suspend state
  • Resume state
  • Blocked state
  • Pause state

Question 15

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We can characterize the behavior of an individual process by listing the sequence of instructions that execute for that process. Such a listing is referred to as:
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  • state
  • listing
  • fetch
  • trace

Question 16

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The state of a process is defined by:
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  • The activity to next be executed by the process
  • The current activity of the process
  • The activity just executed by the process
  • The final activity of the products

Question 17

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In the Blocked state:
Answer
  • The process cannot execute until some event occurs
  • The process is available for execution as soons as it is loaded into main memory
  • The process has been created but has not yet been admitted to the pool of executable processes
  • The process has been released from the pool of executable processes
  • The process is currently being executed
  • The process is prepared to execute

Question 18

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In the Ready/Suspend state:
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  • the process is available for execution as soon as it is loaded into memory
  • the process is currently being executed
  • the process cannot execute until some event occurs
  • the process has been created but has not yet been admitted to the pool of executable processes
  • the process has been released from the pool of executable processes
  • the process is prepared to execute

Question 19

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In the Exit state:
Answer
  • the process cannot execute until some event occurs
  • the process is currently being executed
  • the process is available for execution as soon as it is loaded into memory
  • the process is prepared to execute
  • the process has been released from the pool of executable processes
  • the process has been created but has not yet admitted to the pool of executable processes

Question 20

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Identify which state the process will transit: P3 swapped out
Answer
  • Ready
  • New
  • Running
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Blocked
  • Ready/Suspend

Question 21

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Identify which state the process will transit: P2 is chosen by dispatcher
Answer
  • Exit
  • Blocked/Suspend
  • Running
  • Ready
  • Blocked
  • New
  • Ready/Suspend

Question 22

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The data neede by the OS to control a process is contained in the:
Answer
  • handler routine
  • processor state information
  • program status word
  • process control block

Question 23

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In which of these states the process is in main memory:
Answer
  • Running
  • Blocked
  • Ready
  • Ready/Suspend
  • Blocked/Suspend

Question 24

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Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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  • blocked to ready
  • blocked to running
  • running to blocked
  • ready to running

Question 25

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A reason for swapping:
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  • processor is so much faster than I/O, it will be common for all processes in memory to be waiting for I/O
  • processor is so much slower than I/O will be common for all processes in memory to be waiting for processor

Question 26

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Process Control Block is:
Answer
  • data structure
  • process type variable
  • a block in memory
  • a secondary storage section

Question 27

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These tables are used to keep track of both main and secondary memory:
Answer
  • Memory tables
  • I/O tables
  • Primary process table
  • File table

Question 28

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A memory
Answer
  • is a sequence of instructions
  • is a device where information is stored
  • is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.
  • is typically characterized by interactive processing and time of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user

Question 29

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A processor
Answer
  • is typically characterized by interactive processing and time of the CPU's time to allow quick response to each user
  • is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory
  • is a device where information is stored.
  • is a sequence of instructions
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