CS604-Midterm
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Preemptive ----------------scheduling is sometimes called shortestremaining-time-first scheduling.
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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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------------ register contains the size of the process
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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is
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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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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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___________ 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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Utilities used for system administration (halt, ifconfig, fdisk, etc.) are stored in _____________ directory.
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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.
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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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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.
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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number _________
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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_____ system call is used to write to a file or FIFO or any other IPC channel.
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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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The bottom-up view is that operating system is a resource manager who manages the hardware and software resources in the computer system.
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________ scheduling algorithm is sometimes called shortest remaining time first scheduling algorithm.
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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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A parent process calling __________ system call will be suspended until children process terminates.
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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of ________.
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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The _______ are used for communication between related or unrelated processes on the same system or unrelated processes on different systems.
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______scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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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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The nice value helps in assigning ______ to a process.
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Files that start with a -------- in UNIX/Linux directory structure are known as hidden files .
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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _____________.
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The basic purpose of ________________is to help the users to utilize the hardware resources for completing different tasks in a simplified manner
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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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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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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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You can use the ------------- command to display the status of suspended and background processes
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
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_______ is also called Swapper.
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Each page is a power of -------- bytes long in paging scheme.
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Round Robin algorithm is similar to ____________ scheduling but preemption is added to switch between processes.
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Hardware provide basic computing resource.
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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.
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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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The time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as the-----------.
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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Which of the following is correct definition for wait operation?
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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
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___________ is used in real time operating systems.
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