Which of the following are reasons to perform a context switch? [select all that apply]

A process of higher priority than the one currently on the CPU needs the CPU

A process is too large to fit in memory and must be loaded in chunks

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1Which of the following are reasons to perform a context switch? [select all that apply]
1. AA process is too large to fit in memory and must be loaded in chunks
2. BA running processes needs IO
3. CA process of higher priority than the one currently on the CPU needs the CPU
4. DA running processes terminates
2By design, which of the following operating systems are designed to handle many requests from many different users at one time? [select all that apply]
1. Apc
2. Bmainframe
3. Csensor node systems
4. Dserver
3main is the entry point for C programs, and this is where the OS will begin execution.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
4Trapping to kernel is expensive and should usually be minimized.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
5Processes usually share all of their information with other processes
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
6Fork launches a new command in the generated child process.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
7The process with PID 1 in most unix backed operating systems is init
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
8Time sharing implies that a single process is given the entire CPU.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
9The smallest OS that uses the fewest resources is a sensor node OS.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
10Which of the following are contained within a process [select all that apply]
1. Aalarms
2. Bassociated files
3. Ca memory space
4. Dregisters

Description: MSCS Principles of Operating Systems - Spring 2023 Quiz on Quiz 1, created by Ty Jones on 28/02/2023.
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