CS604-Midterm
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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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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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.
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Which of the Following is not an Operating System.
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POSIX is a standard developed by ANSI
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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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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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Batch programs are usually _________ programs.
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
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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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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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Kernel is responsible for scheduling the user level threads.
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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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The Home Directory for superuser in Linux and Unix is
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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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A_______ is an integer variable that, apart from initialization is accessible only through two standard atomic operations: wait and signal.
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___________ is used in real time operating systems.
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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.
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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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Bounded Buffer is a buffer of ____________ size
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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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------------ register contains the size of the process
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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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________ determines What will be done.
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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of ________.
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A system call________
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Command-line interpreter is also called __________ in some operating systems.
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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is
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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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Operating System provides services such as Managing Primary and Secondary Storage, Processes and Allowing user to manage his/her files and directories.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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All threads within a process share the ________ address space.
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A time sharing system is
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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the ______
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In Layered approach of OS, Lowest Layer is known as ________.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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___________ is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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