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● A program in execution
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● A job in secondary memory
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● Contents of main memory
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● Program in High level language kept on disk
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● a unit of activity characterized by execution of a sequence of instructions, a
current state, and an associated set
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100. A task in a blocked state
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101. The systems which allows only one process execution at a time, are
called
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● unicasting systems
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● uniprogramming systems
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● uniprocessing systems
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● unitasking systems
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102. The state of a process is defined by:
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● the current activity of the process
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● the activity to next be executed by the process
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● the final activity of the process
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● the activity is just executed by the process
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103. Which of the following is not the state of a process?
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● ready
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● Old
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● terminated
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● running
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● new
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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
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● Terminated state
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● Running state
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● Ready state
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105. Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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● ready to running
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● blocked to ready
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● running to blocked
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● blocked to running
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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
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● mutual exclusion
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● asynchronous exclusion
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● critical exclusion
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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
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● allows processes to communicate and synchronize their actions when using
the same address space
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● allows the processes to only synchronize their actions without communication
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● none of the above
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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
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● process
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● instruction
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● algorithm
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109. In operating system, each process has its own:
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110. For each process OS creates and manages:
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● Thread control block
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● Program
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● Program code
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● Process control block
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111. Listing the sequence of instructions that are executed is called?
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● control block
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● instruction
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● program counter
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● trace
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112. A process can be terminated due to:
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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
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● when process is using CPU
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● none of the above
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● when process is scheduled to run after some execution
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114. What is interprocess communication?
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● communication within the process
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● none of the above
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● communication between two threads of same process
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● communication between two process
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115. A set of processes is deadlock if:
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● each process is terminated
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● all processes are trying to kill each other
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● none of the above
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● each process is blocked and will remain so forever
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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
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● CPU registers
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● program counter
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● pipe
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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
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● bootstrap program
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● process state
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● data
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● stack
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118. The Process Control Block is:
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119. The degree of multi-programming is:
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● the number of processes in memory
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● the number of processes in the ready queue
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● the number of processes in the I/O queue
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● the number of processes executed per unit time
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120. A single thread of control allows the process to perform:
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121. The objective of multi-programming is to:
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● to minimize CPU utilization
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● to maximize CPU utilization
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● have multiple programs waiting in a queue ready to run
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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
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● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
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● none of the above
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● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
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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
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● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
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● none of the above
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● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
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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
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● it selects which process has to be brought into the ready queue
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● none of the above
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● it selects which process has to be executed next and allocates CPU
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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
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● the type of processes the schedule
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● none of the above
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● the length of their queues
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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
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● more than one process resides in the memory
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● the programs are developed by more than one person
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● the processor executes more than one process at a time
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127. The context of a process in the PCB of a process DOESN’T contain:
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128. Which of the following state transitions is not possible?
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● ready to running
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● blocked to ready
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● running to blocked
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● blocked to running
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129. Which process can be affected by other processes executing in the
system?
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● parent process
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● child process
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● cooperating process
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● init process
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130. Which one of the following is a synchronization tool?
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● Semaphore
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● pipe
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● thread
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● socket
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131. Mutual exclusion can be provided by the:
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● binary semaphores
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● both
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● mutex locks
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● none of the abovemaint
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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
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● priority removal
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● priority inversion
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● priority exchange
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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
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Multiprogramming, Uniprocessing
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● Uniprogramming, Multiprocessing
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● Multiprocessing, multiprogramming
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134. Interprocess communication allows:
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● is required for all processes
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● is usually done via disk drives
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● is never necessary
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● allows process to synchronize activity
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135. Message passing system allows processes to:
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● communicate with one another by resorting shared data
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● name the recipient or sender of the message
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communicate with one another without resorting to shared data
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● share data
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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
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● communication link
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● all of the above
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● message-passing link
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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
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● there is another machine between the two processes to help communication
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● none of the above
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● there is a mailbox to help communication between P and Q
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138. In the non-blocking send:
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● none of the above
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● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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● the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
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● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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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
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● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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● none of the above
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● both sender and receiver are blocked until message is delivered
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140. In the non-blocking send, blocking receive:
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● none of the above
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● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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● sender continues on, receiver is blocked until the requested message arrives
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● the sending process sends the message and resumes operation
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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
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● the sending process keeps sending until the message is received
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● neither of processes are required to wait
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● the sending process keeps sending until it receives a message
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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
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● for communication between two processes on the same systems
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● for communication between two processes on separate systems
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● none of the above
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143. What is a trap/exception?
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● software generated interrupt caused by an error
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● hardware generated interrupt caused by an error
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● failure of the system
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● user generated interrupt caused by an error
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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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145. The initial value of the semaphore that allows only one of the many
processes to enter their critical sections, is?
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146. Semaphores:
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● synchronize critical resources to prevent contention
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● are used to do I/O
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● synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
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● are used for memory management
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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
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● hold and wait
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● deadlock avoidance
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● race condition
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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
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● critical section
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● mutual exclusion
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● semaphores
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149. Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with:
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● deadlock avoidance
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● deadlock recovery
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● mutual exclusion
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● deadlock prevention
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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: