CS604-Midterm
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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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If a system is not in a safe state, there can be No deadlocks.
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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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First _______ entries in Per Process File Descriptor Table are used as soon as the process is created.
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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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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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Each page is a power of -------- bytes long in paging scheme.
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We can install and run multiple OS by using VMWare.
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________ determines What will be done.
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Command-line interpreter is also called __________ in some operating systems.
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__________ integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling
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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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__________ commands in Linux is used to copy file
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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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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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In ---------addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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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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_________ command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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DOS is single user operating system.
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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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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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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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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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The major advantage of multi-programming system is
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Hardware provide basic computing resource.
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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number ______
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Database, Complier, Video games are examples of ________.
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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__________ directory includes essential system boot files including the kernel image.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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This condition is known as ______________.
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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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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A time sharing system is
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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The main characteristic of a Real time system is
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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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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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OS helps manages the following except
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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _____________.
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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive
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A parent process calling __________ system call will be suspended until children process terminates.
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Each process must first request permission to enter its critical section. The section of code implementing this request is called the _____
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_________buffer places no practical limit on the size of the buffer
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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