CS604-Midterm
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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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Cooperating processes never share any data, code, memory or state.
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Command-line interpreter is also called __________ in some operating systems.
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A ---------------- (or an exception) is a software-generated interrupt caused either by an error (division by zero or invalid memory access) or by a user request for an operating system service.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the ______
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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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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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____ command display the status of a process.
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All threads within a process share the ________ address space.
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In Linux directory structure, there is ___________ root directory.
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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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The priorities of processes in the __________ group remain fixed.
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Which of the Following is not an Operating System.
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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A program in execution is called a _______________.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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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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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.
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A time sharing system is
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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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Batch programs are usually _________ programs.
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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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Time interval when the I/O Devices are accessed is known as --------.
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The scheduling of ______ are done by the operating system.
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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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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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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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A process consists of __________
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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A system call________
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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 create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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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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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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A parent process calling __________ system call will be suspended until children process terminates.
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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard input file is attached to the ___________
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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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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.
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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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