CS604-Midterm
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copy file1 file2 is an example of ______ OS view.
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Hardware provide basic computing resource.
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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.
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User mode can run the Privileged instructions.
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You can create a threads by using the pthread_create() call.
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A system call________
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First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) is a --------------scheduling algorithm.
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I MB or 1 megabyte is equivalent to----
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Progress and Bounded Waiting are some of the characteristics to solve the critical section problems.
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Banker‟s algorithm is used for ________________
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The priority of a process can be changed using ___________ command.
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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.
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OS helps manages the following except
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A major problem with priority scheduling algorithms is ______.
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Users are the People, machines or computers that uses the Hardware resources.
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The Purpose of Operating System is to generate Executable Programs and to _______ them.
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The process id returned to the child process after successful fork system call execution is _____________.
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The integer value of ________semaphores can range over an unrestricted integer domain.
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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except
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The scheduling of ______ are done by the operating system.
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___________ is used in real time operating systems.
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The process of switching from one process to another is called ---------------.
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Binary semaphores are those that have only two values---------
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DOS is single user operating system.
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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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Files that start with a -------- in UNIX/Linux directory structure are known as hidden files .
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Which of the following is NOT a Hardware Resource.
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Time interval when the I/O Devices are accessed is known as --------.
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Preemptive ----------------scheduling is sometimes called shortestremaining-time-first scheduling.
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This condition is known as ______________.
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_______ is also called Swapper.
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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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Linux is a version of _______ operating system.
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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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____ command gives a snapshot of the current processes.
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The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify CPU is called an -------------
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Mach, MacOS X Server, QNX, OS/2 and Windows NT are examples of OS Based on ______.
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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_____ is an abstract key for accessing a file.
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In Unix/ Linux, by default the standard output file is attached to the ___________
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Managing Secondary Storage Involves all of the Following except
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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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Starvation is infinite blocking caused due to unavailability of resources.
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If the fork system call fails, it returns
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The major advantage of multi-programming system is
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Linux uses ___________ directory to store system configuration files.
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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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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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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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Preventing a condition of ________ to happen, deadlocks can be prevented to happen.
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