CS604-Midterm
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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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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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______scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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Each page is a power of -------- bytes long in paging scheme.
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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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You can use the rm file1 command to __________ file1
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) is a --------------scheduling algorithm.
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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.
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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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command displays the contents of current working directory.
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Time interval when the I/O Devices are accessed is known as --------.
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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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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IPC provides a mechanism to allow processes to communicate and to synchronize their actions without sharing the same__________
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_______ is also called Swapper.
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Cooperating processes never share any data, code, memory or state.
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/usr/X11R6 is used by the X Window System.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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In Layered approach of OS, Lowest Layer is known as ________.
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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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___________ is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard input file is attached to the ___________
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Mkfifo() is a _______.
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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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A parent process calling __________ system call will be suspended until children process terminates.
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rm and [r]mkdir commands are used to _____________ directory.
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Bounded Buffer is a buffer of ____________ size
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The -------------- system call suspends the calling 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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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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Starvation is infinite blocking caused due to unavailability of resources.
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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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__________ commands in Linux is used to copy file
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive
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Which register holds the smallest legal physical memory address for a process?
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Using _________system, we can create a new process in Linux.
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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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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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All threads within a process share the ________ address space.
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