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Question 1

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99. Process is
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  • ● A program in execution
  • ● A job in secondary memory
  • ● Contents of main memory
  • ● Program in High level language kept on disk
  • ● a unit of activity characterized by execution of a sequence of instructions, a current state, and an associated set

Question 2

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100. A task in a blocked state
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  • ● is waiting for same temporarily unavailable resources
  • ● must still be placed in the run queues
  • ● is executable
  • ● is running

Question 3

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101. The systems which allows only one process execution at a time, are called
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  • ● unicasting systems
  • ● uniprogramming systems
  • ● uniprocessing systems
  • ● unitasking systems

Question 4

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102. The state of a process is defined by:
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  • ● the current activity of the process
  • ● the activity to next be executed by the process
  • ● the final activity of the process
  • ● the activity is just executed by the process

Question 5

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103. Which of the following is not the state of a process?
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  • ● ready
  • ● Old
  • ● terminated
  • ● running
  • ● new

Question 6

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104. Suppose that a process is in “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is completed, it goes to the:
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  • ● Suspended state
  • ● Terminated state
  • ● Running state
  • ● Ready state

Question 7

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105. Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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  • ● ready to running
  • ● blocked to ready
  • ● running to blocked
  • ● blocked to running

Question 8

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106. If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called
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  • ● synchronous exclusion
  • ● mutual exclusion
  • ● asynchronous exclusion
  • ● critical exclusion

Question 9

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107. Interprocess communication:
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  • ● allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions without using the same address space
  • ● allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using the same address space
  • ● allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication
  • ● none of the above

Question 10

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08. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as?
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  • ● program
  • ● process
  • ● instruction
  • ● algorithm

Question 11

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109. In operating system, each process has its own:
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  • ● program code
  • ● set of data
  • ● address space and global variables
  • ● all of the mentioned

Question 12

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110. For each process OS creates and manages:
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  • ● Thread control block
  • ● Program
  • ● Program code
  • ● Process control block

Question 13

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111. Listing the sequence of instructions that are executed is called?
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  • ● control block
  • ● instruction
  • ● program counter
  • ● trace

Question 14

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112. A process can be terminated due to:
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  • ● killed by another process
  • ● all of the mentioned
  • ● normal exit
  • ● fatal error

Question 15

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113. What is the ready state of a process?
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  • ● when process is unable to run until some task has been completed
  • ● when process is using CPU
  • ● none of the above
  • ● when process is scheduled to run after some execution

Question 16

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114. What is interprocess communication?
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  • ● communication within the process
  • ● none of the above
  • ● communication between two threads of same process
  • ● communication between two process

Question 17

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115. A set of processes is deadlock if:
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  • ● each process is terminated
  • ● all processes are trying to kill each other
  • ● none of the above
  • ● each process is blocked and will remain so forever

Question 18

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116. The address of the next instruction to be executed by the current process is provided by the:
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  • ● process stack
  • ● CPU registers
  • ● program counter
  • ● pipe

Question 19

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117. A Process Control Block (четыре вопроса в одном)PCB) doesn’t contain which of the following:
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  • ● code
  • ● bootstrap program
  • ● process state
  • ● data
  • ● stack

Question 20

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118. The Process Control Block is:
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  • ● secondary storage section
  • ● block in memory
  • ● data structure
  • ● process type variable

Question 21

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119. The degree of multi-programming is:
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  • ● the number of processes in memory
  • ● the number of processes in the ready queue
  • ● the number of processes in the I/O queue
  • ● the number of processes executed per unit time

Question 22

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120. A single thread of control allows the process to perform:
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  • ● multiple tasks at a time
  • ● only one task at a time
  • ● both

Question 23

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121. The objective of multi-programming is to:
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  • ● to minimize CPU utilization
  • ● to maximize CPU utilization
  • ● have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run

Question 24

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122. What is a long-term scheduler?
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  • ● it selects which process has to remove from memory by swapping
  • ● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • ● none of the above
  • ● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

Question 25

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123. What is a medium-term scheduler?
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  • ● it selects which process has to remove from memory by swapping
  • ● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • ● none of the above
  • ● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

Question 26

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124. What is a short-term scheduler?
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  • ● it selects which process has to remove from memory by swapping
  • ● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
  • ● none of the above
  • ● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU

Question 27

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125. The primary distinction between the short-term scheduler and the longterm scheduler is:
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  • ● the frequency of their execution
  • ● the type of processes the schedule
  • ● none of the above
  • ● the length of their queues

Question 28

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126. In a multi-programming environment:
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  • ● a single user can execute many programs at the same time
  • ● more than one process resides in the memory
  • ● the programs are developed by more than one person
  • ● the processor executes more than one process at a time

Question 29

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127. The context of a process in the PCB of a process DOESN’T contain:
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  • ● the value of the CPU registers
  • ● memory-management information
  • ● the process state
  • ● context switch time

Question 30

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128. Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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  • ● ready to running
  • ● blocked to ready
  • ● running to blocked
  • ● blocked to running

Question 31

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129. Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the system?
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  • ● parent process
  • ● child process
  • ● cooperating process
  • ● init process

Question 32

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130. Which one of the following is a synchronization tool?
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  • ● Semaphore
  • ● pipe
  • ● thread
  • ● socket

Question 33

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131. Mutual exclusion can be provided by the:
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  • ● binary semaphores
  • ● both
  • ● mutex locks
  • ● none of the abovemaint

Question 34

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132. When high priority task is indirectly preempted by medium priority task effectively inverting the relative priority of the two tasks, the scenario is called:
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  • ● priority modification
  • ● priority removal
  • ● priority inversion
  • ● priority exchange

Question 35

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133. With ……………. only one process can execute at a time; meanwhile all other process are waiting for the processor. With ………….. more than one process can be running simultaneously each on a different processor.
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  • ● Multiprogramming, Multiprocessing
  • Multiprogramming, Uniprocessing
  • ● Uniprogramming, Multiprocessing
  • ● Multiprocessing, multiprogramming

Question 36

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134. Interprocess communication allows:
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  • ● is required for all processes
  • ● is usually done via disk drives
  • ● is never necessary
  • ● allows process to synchronize activity

Question 37

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135. Message passing system allows processes to:
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  • ● communicate with one another by resorting shared data
  • ● name the recipient or sender of the message
  • communicate with one another without resorting to shared data
  • ● share data

Question 38

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136. The link between two processes P and Q to send and receive messages is called:
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  • ● synchronization link
  • ● communication link
  • ● all of the above
  • ● message-passing link

Question 39

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137. In indirect communication between processes P and Q:
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  • ● there is another process R to handle and pass on the messages between P and Q
  • ● there is another machine between the two processes to help communication
  • ● none of the above
  • ● there is a mailbox to help communication between P and Q

Question 40

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138. In the non-blocking send:
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  • ● none of the above
  • ● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
  • ● the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
  • ● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation

Question 41

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139. In the blocking send, blocking receive:
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  • ● the sending process sends the message while receiver is blocked
  • ● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
  • ● none of the above
  • ● both sender and receiver are blocked until message is delivered

Question 42

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140. In the non-blocking send, blocking receive:
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  • ● none of the above
  • ● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
  • ● sender continues on, receiver is blocked until the requested message arrives
  • ● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation

Question 43

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141. In the non-blocking send, non-blocking receive:
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  • ● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
  • ● the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
  • ● neither of processes are required to wait
  • ● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message

Question 44

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142. Remote Procedure Calls (четыре вопроса в одном)RPC) are used:
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  • ● for communication between two processes remotely different from each other on the same system
  • ● for communication between two processes on the same systems
  • ● for communication between two processes on separate systems
  • ● none of the above

Question 45

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143. What is a trap/exception?
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  • ● software generated interrupt caused by an error
  • ● hardware generated interrupt caused by an error
  • ● failure of the system
  • ● user generated interrupt caused by an error

Question 46

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144. To avoid the race condition, the number of processes that may be simultaneously inside their critical section is:
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  • ● 2
  • ● 1
  • ● 0
  • ● 10

Question 47

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145. The initial value of the semaphore that allows only one of the many processes to enter their critical sections, is?
Answer
  • ● 10
  • ● 2
  • ● 0
  • ● 1

Question 48

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146. Semaphores:
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  • ● synchronize critical resources to prevent contention
  • ● are used to do I/O
  • ● synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
  • ● are used for memory management

Question 49

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147. Four necessary conditions for deadlock to exist are: mutual exclusion, no-preemption, circular wait and
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  • ● starvation
  • ● hold and wait
  • ● deadlock avoidance
  • ● race condition

Question 50

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148. Part of a program where the shared memory is accessed and which should be executed invisibly, is called:
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  • ● directory
  • ● critical section
  • ● mutual exclusion
  • ● semaphores

Question 51

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149. Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with:
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  • ● deadlock avoidance
  • ● deadlock recovery
  • ● mutual exclusion
  • ● deadlock prevention

Question 52

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150. A situation where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which access takes place is called:
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  • ● Process synchronization
  • ● Shared memory segments
  • ● Race section
  • ● Entry section
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