CS604-Midterm
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A process consists of __________
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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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_________ command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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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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Round Robin algorithm is similar to ____________ scheduling but preemption is added to switch between processes.
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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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_____________ is the basis of queuing theory which is branch of mathematics used to analyze systems involving queues and servers.
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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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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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Physical memory is broken down into fixed-sized blocks, called----------- and Logical memory is divided into blocks of the same size, called -----------
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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All threads within a process share the ________ address space.
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Linux Treats Devices as Files.
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In Layered Approach of OS, the Layer highest Layer is User Interface layer.
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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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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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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number _________
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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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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.
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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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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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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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The Top-down view is that it is a program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware, and makes the computer system convenient to use.
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Which register holds the smallest legal physical memory address for a process?
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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_____________ determines How to do something.
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A process is said to be in critical section if it executes code that manipulates shared data
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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.
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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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/usr/X11R6 is used by the X Window System.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is
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The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number ______
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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.
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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.
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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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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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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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___________ is a piece of code in a cooperating process in which the process may updates shared data (variable, file, database, etc.).
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