CS604-Midterm
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Current working directory can be accessed using --------- Command.
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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You can use the rm file1 command to __________ file1
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A program in execution is called a _______________.
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Cache is non-volatile memory.
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A dashed line is used to represent a _________ in Resource Allocation Graph.
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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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You can use the ---------command in UNIX to create a directory.
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_____ system call is used to write to a file or FIFO or any other IPC channel.
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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.
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The address generated by the CPU, after any indexing or other addressing-mode arithmetic, is called a --------address, and the address it gets translated to by the MMU is called a ---------address.
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________ determines What will be done.
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------------has a hierarchical file system structure.
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A process consists of __________
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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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The returned code to the child process after successful fork system call execution is
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Operating System is the Manager of Hardware Resources.
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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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First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) is a --------------scheduling algorithm.
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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender_____mention the name of the recipient.
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/opt is used for storage of large applications.
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In Layered approach of OS, Lowest Layer is known as ________.
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In ________ communication the process which wants to communicate with the other process must explicitly name the recipient and the sender.
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When a process opens its first file explicitly it will get descriptor number _________
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__________ integer shows the highest priority of a process in CPU scheduling
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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In indirect inter process communication, a sender ________ mention the name of the recipient.
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In ________addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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A_____ is an abstract key for accessing a file.
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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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command displays the contents of current working directory.
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The 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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Which register holds the smallest legal physical memory address for a process?
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Physical memory is broken down into fixed-sized blocks, called----------- and Logical memory is divided into blocks of the same size, called -----------
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In ---------addressing; the recipient is not required to name the sender.
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Using _________system, we can create a new process in Linux.
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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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_____________ determines How to do something.
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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Mkfifo() is a _______.
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The Home Directory for superuser in Linux and Unix is
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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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Cooperating processes never share any data, code, memory or state.
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The interval from the time of submission to the time of completion is the ______
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I/O instructions are Privileged Instructions.
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