CS604-Midterm
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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___________ is a solution to the problem of indefinite blockage of low-priority processes.
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__________ directory includes essential system boot files including the kernel image.
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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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OS helps manages the following except
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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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POSIX is a standard developed by ANSI
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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DOS is single user operating system.
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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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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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------------ register contains the size of the process
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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
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The priorities of processes in the __________ group remain fixed.
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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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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
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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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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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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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------------has a hierarchical file system structure.
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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Mkfifo() is a _______.
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Each page is a power of -------- bytes long in paging scheme.
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A time sharing system is
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The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive
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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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Which of the Following is not an Operating System.
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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
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You can use the ------------- command to display the status of suspended and background processes
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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________________ is an integer variable accessible through wait and signal which are atomic operations.
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________ determines What will be done.
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In Linux directory structure, there is ___________ root directory.
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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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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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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _____________.
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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_____________ determines How to do something.
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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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