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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The process of switching from one process to another is called latency.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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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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Operating system enables the user to use the Hardware Resources.
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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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In Layered Approach of OS, the Layer highest Layer is User Interface layer.
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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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A process is said to be in critical section if it executes code that manipulates shared data
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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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___________ is a piece of code in a cooperating process in which the process may updates shared data (variable, file, database, etc.).
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A solution to the critical section problem must satisfy the following requirements
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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number _________
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When process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number ______
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command displays the contents of current working directory.
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The bottom-up view is that operating system is a resource manager who manages the hardware and software resources in the computer system.
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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This condition is known as ______________.
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______scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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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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The nice value helps in assigning ______ to a process.
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------------ register contains the size of the process
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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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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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n-process critical section problem can be solved by using
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User Goal of OS is that It easy to use, reliable, safe and fast.
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_____________ is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.
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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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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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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.
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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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A time sharing system is
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A system call________
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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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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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Preemptive ----------------scheduling is sometimes called shortestremaining-time-first scheduling.
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The _______ are used for communication between related or unrelated processes on the same system or unrelated processes on different systems.
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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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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Taking the CPU from one process and giving the CPU to another process is termed as
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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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In ---------addressing; the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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The performance of Round Robin algorithm does NOT depends heavily on the size of the time quantum.
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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------------has a hierarchical file system structure.
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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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