CS604-Midterm
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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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A Process „A‟ that has finished working but its parent process has also finished its execution. In this state the process „A‟ will be called as _____ process.
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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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_________buffer places no practical limit on the size of the buffer
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____ is a virtual directory in Linux and Unix.
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Using _________system, we can create a new process in Linux.
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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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You can display all of the signals supported by your system, along with their numbers, by using the -----------command
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_______ is also called Swapper.
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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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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as .
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A process consists of __________
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/usr/X11R6 is used by the X Window System.
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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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________ scheduling algorithm is sometimes called shortest remaining time first scheduling algorithm.
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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.
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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number ______
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If a system is not in a safe state, there can be No deadlocks.
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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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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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rm and [r]mkdir commands are used to _____________ directory.
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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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Linux uses ___________ directory to store system configuration files.
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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The scheduling of ______ are done by the operating system.
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number _________
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__________ commands in Linux is used to copy file
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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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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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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POSIX is a standard developed by ANSI
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The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
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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 -------------- system call suspends the calling process.
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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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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard input file is attached to the ___________
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A_____ is an abstract key for accessing a file.
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_____________ is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender ________ mention the name of the recipient.
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The ________ requires that once a writer is ready, that writer performs its write as soon as possible , if a writer waiting to access the object, no new readers may start reading.
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--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground
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