CS604-Midterm
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Batch programs are usually _________ programs.
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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------------has a hierarchical file system structure.
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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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n-process critical section problem can be solved by using
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In ---------addressing; the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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Command-line interpreter is also called __________ in some operating systems.
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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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------------ register contains the size of the process
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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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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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Using _________system, we can create a new process in Linux.
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The major advantage of multi-programming system is
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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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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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Which of the Following is not an Operating System.
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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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_____ system call is used to write to a file or FIFO or any other IPC channel.
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You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------
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Files that start with a -------- in UNIX/Linux directory structure are known as hidden files .
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__________ directory includes essential system boot files including the kernel image.
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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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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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Preemptive ----------------scheduling is sometimes called shortestremaining-time-first scheduling.
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The procedure “The time at which the process finished working MINUS the arrival time of the process MINUS CPU burst for that process” will help calculate the _________.
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A time sharing system is
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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
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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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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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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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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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_____________ determines How to do something.
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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.
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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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Utilities used for system administration (halt, ifconfig, fdisk, etc.) are stored in _____________ directory.
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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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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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If a system is not in a safe state, there can be No deadlocks.
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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _____________.
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__________ integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling
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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the ______
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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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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IPC provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize their actions without sharing the same__________
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OS helps manages the following except
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