CS604-Midterm
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The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.
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If the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock then it said to be in ______ state.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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The following requirement for solving critical section problem is known as ______. “There exists a bound on the number of times that other processes are allowed to enter their critical sections after a process has made a request to enter its critical section and before that request is granted.”
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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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Starvation is infinite blocking caused due to unavailability of resources.
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The creating process is called a--------------- process while the new processes are called the -------------- of that process
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Files that start with a -------- in UNIX/Linux directory structure are known as hidden files .
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__________ integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling
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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
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__________ commands in Linux is used to copy file
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Utilities used for system administration (halt, ifconfig, fdisk, etc.) are stored in _____________ directory.
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Batch programs are usually _________ programs.
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Which register holds the smallest legal physical memory address for a process?
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------------ register contains the size of the process
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________ scheduling algorithm is sometimes called shortest remaining time first scheduling algorithm.
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The address generated by the CPU, after any indexing or other addressing-mode arithmetic, is called a --------address, and the address it gets translated to by the MMU is called a ---------address.
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The -----------scheme is not applicable to a resource allocation system with multiple instances of each resource type.
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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The Operating system is a layer of software between _________ and ___________.
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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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Round Robin algorithm is similar to ____________ scheduling but preemption is added to switch between processes.
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If your processor does not have two slots empty in Per Process File Descriptor Table, then your _________ system call will fail.
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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A process consists of __________
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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Linux uses ___________ directory to store system configuration files.
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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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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as .
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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The scheduling of ______ are done by the operating system.
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___________ is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.
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__________ directory includes essential system boot files including the kernel image.
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The number of processes completed per unit time is called ___________.
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A parent process calling __________ system call will be suspended until children process terminates.
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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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Bounded Buffer is a buffer of ____________ size
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This condition is known as ______________.
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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.
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The process of holding at least one resource and waiting to acquire additional resources that are currently being held by other processes is known as________.
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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of ________.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------
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