CS604-Midterm
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The number of processes completed per unit time is called ___________.
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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.
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In Resource Allocation Graph, A _______ Pi →Rj indicates that process Pi may request resource Rj at some time in the future.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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What do we name to an address that is loaded into the memory-address register of the memory?
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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If a system is not in a safe state, there can be No deadlocks.
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In ________ communication the process which wants to communicate with the other process must explicitly name the recipient and the sender.
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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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The time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as the-----------.
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_____________ is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.
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An operating system is a control program that manages the execution of user programs to prevent errors and improper use of a computer.
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The major advantage of multi-programming system is
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You can display the contents (names of files and directories) of a directory in UNIX/Linux directory structure with the --------------- command.
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A condition where a set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held by another process in the set is termed as ________.
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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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A Process „A‟ that has finished working but its parent process has also finished its execution. In this state the process „A‟ will be called as _____ process.
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Utilities used for system administration (halt, ifconfig, fdisk, etc.) are stored in _____________ directory.
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Operating System is the Manager of Hardware Resources.
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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A time sharing system is
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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
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IPC provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize their actions without sharing the same__________
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n-process critical section problem can be solved by using
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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In deadlock detection and recovery algorithm, a deadlock exists in the system if and only if the wait for graph contains a _____________
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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In Linux directory structure, there is ___________ root directory.
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The following is NOT a classical problem of synchronization
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You can display all of the signals supported by your system, along with their numbers, by using the -----------command
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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.
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A process consists of __________
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------------ register contains the size of the process
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A program in execution is called a _______________.
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____ command display the status of a process.
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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A_______ is an integer variable that, apart from initialization is accessible only through two standard atomic operations: wait and signal.
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A Process that has finished working, as well as its parent process has also finished its execution. In this state the process A will be called as _________ process.
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender ________ mention the name of the recipient.
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The performance of Round Robin algorithm does NOT depends heavily on the size of the time quantum.
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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number ______
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An absolute pathname starts with the root directory (/) and a relative pathname starts with your home directory.
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