CS604-Midterm
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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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A solution to the critical section problem must satisfy the following requirements
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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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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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The nice value helps in assigning ______ to a process.
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A process consists of __________
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All threads within a process share the ________ address space.
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A program in execution is called a _______________.
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A pathname is the list of directories separated by _________.
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Kernel is responsible for scheduling the user level threads.
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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command displays the contents of current working directory.
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You can use the rm file1 command to __________ file1
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The correct command for compiling C program named program.c in Linux environment is
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User Goal of OS is that It easy to use, reliable, safe and fast.
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Round Robin algorithm is similar to ____________ scheduling but preemption is added to switch between processes.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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The Shortest-Job-First Scheduling algorithm can be
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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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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Swapper is also termed as Short term scheduler.
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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In Layered Approach of OS, the Layer highest Layer is User Interface layer.
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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in directory
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The bottom layer in the layered approach of Operating System is-----------
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The Operating system is a layer of software between _________ and ___________.
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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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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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___________ is used in real time operating systems.
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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.
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___________ algorithm is used in Deadlock avoidance.
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__________ displays information about the top processes.
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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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What do we name to an address that is loaded into the memory-address register of the memory?
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The basic purpose of ________________is to help the users to utilize the hardware resources for completing different tasks in a simplified manner
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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 hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
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_________________ scheduling allows a process to move between queues.
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Which part of the computer system helps in managing the file and memory management system?
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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the ______
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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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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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