CS604-Midterm
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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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Round Robin algorithm is similar to ____________ scheduling but preemption is added to switch between processes.
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Bounded Buffer is a buffer of ____________ size
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The number of processes completed per unit time is called ___________.
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DOS is single user operating system.
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Batch programs are usually _________ programs.
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of ________.
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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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Command-line interpreter is also called __________ in some operating systems.
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A time sharing system is
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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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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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If the system can allocate resources to each process in some order and still avoid a deadlock then it said to be in ______ state.
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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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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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In ---------addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive
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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
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A process consists of __________
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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender ________ mention the name of the recipient.
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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
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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 display the status of a process.
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The manual pages can be read in Linux using ____ command.
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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Kernel is responsible for scheduling the user level threads.
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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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Linux Treats Devices as Files.
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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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The following requirement for solving critical section problem is known as ______. “There exists a bound on the number of times that other processes are allowed to enter their critical sections after a process has made a request to enter its critical section and before that request is granted.”
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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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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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.
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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is
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_______ is also called Swapper.
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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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__________ integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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Preventing a condition of ________ to happen, deadlocks can be prevented to happen.
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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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