Questão 1
Questão
The ____ of a process contains temporary data such as function parameters, return addresses, and local variables.
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program counter
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data section
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text section
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stack
Questão 2
Questão
Which of the following is true in a Mach operating system?
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All messages have the same priority.
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Multiple messages from the same sender are guaranteed an absolute ordering.
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The sending thread must return immediately if a mailbox is full.
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It is not designed for distributed systems.
Questão 3
Questão
When communicating with sockets, a client process initiates a request for a connection and is assigned a port by the host computer. Which of the following would be a valid port assignment for the host computer?
Questão 4
Questão
The ____________ class must be extended when implementing a remote object.
Questão 5
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Which of the following statements is true?
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Message passing is typically faster than shared memory.
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Message passing is most useful for exchanging large amounts of data.
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Shared memory is far more common in operating systems than message passing.
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Shared memory is typically faster than message passing
Questão 6
Questão
Imagine that a host with IP address 150.55.66.77 wishes to download a file from the web server at IP address 202.28.15.123. Select a valid socket pair for a connection between this pair of hosts.
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150.55.66.77:80 and 202.28.15.123:3500
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150.55.66.77:80 and 202.28.15.123:80
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150.55.66.77:2000 and 202.28.15.123:80
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150.55.66.77:150 and 202.28.15.123:80
Questão 7
Questão
A process control block ____.
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includes information on the process's state
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determines which process is to be executed next
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is an example of a process queue
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stores the address of the next instruction to be processed by a different process
Questão 8
Questão
The difference between a program and a process is that a program is an active entity while a process is a passive entity.
Questão 9
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The exec() system call creates a new process.
Questão 10
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The list of processes waiting for a particular I/O device is called a(n) ____.
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device queue
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ready queue
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standby queue
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interrupt queue
Questão 11
Questão
All access to POSIX shared memory requires a system call.
Questão 12
Questão
Local Procedure Calls in Windows XP are similar to Remote Procedure Calls.
Questão 13
Questão
Java's RMI is a feature similar to RPCs
Questão 14
Questão
For a single-processor system, there will never be more than one process in the Running state.
Questão 15
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Shared memory is a more appropriate IPC mechanism than message passing for distributed systems.
Questão 16
Questão
A socket is identified by an IP address concatenated with a port number.
Questão 17
Questão
Sockets are considered a high-level communications scheme.
Questão 18
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The Mach operating system treats system calls with message passing.
Questão 19
Questão
The _____________ refers to the number of processes in memory.
Questão 20
Questão
When using RMI, remote objects are referenced via a proxy.
Questão 21
Questão
When a child process is created, which of the following is a possibility in terms of the execution or address space of the child process?
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The child is a duplicate of the parent.
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All of the above
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The child process runs concurrently with the parent.
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The child process has a new program loaded into it.
Questão 22
Questão
A _________________ saves the state of the currently running process and restores the state of the next process to run.
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state switch
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save-and-restore
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none of the above
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context switch
Questão 23
Questão
A process may transition to the Ready state by which of the following actions?
Questão 24
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In a(n) ____ temporary queue, the sender must always block until the recipient receives the message.
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unbounded capacity
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variable capacity
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zero capacity
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bounded capacity
Questão 25
Questão
A blocking send() and blocking receive() is known as a(n) _________________
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rendezvous
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asynchronous message
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blocked message
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synchronized message
Questão 26
Questão
____ is a thread library for Solaris that maps many user-level threads to one kernel thread.
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Pthreads
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Green threads
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Java threads
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Sthreads
Questão 27
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In multithreaded programs, the kernel informs an application about certain events using a procedure known as a(n) ____.
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event handler
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signal
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upcall
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pool
Questão 28
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_____ is not considered a challenge when designing applications for multicore systems.
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Identifying data dependencies between tasks.
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Determining if data can be separated so that it is accessed on separate cores
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Ensuring there is a sufficient number of cores
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Deciding which activities can be run in parallel
Questão 29
Questão
A ____ provides an API for creating and managing threads.
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thread library
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multithreading model
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multicore system
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set of system calls
Questão 30
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The _____ model multiplexes many user-level threads to a smaller or equal number of kernel threads.
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one-to-one
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many-to-one
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two-level
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many-to-many
Questão 31
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The _____ model maps many user-level threads to one kernel thread.
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two-level
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many-to-many
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one-to-one
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many-to-one
Questão 32
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The _____ model maps each user-level thread to one kernel thread.
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many-to-one
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many-to-many
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two-level
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one-to-one
Questão 33
Questão
The _____ model allows a user-level thread to be bound to one kernel thread.
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one-to-one
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many-to-many
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two-level
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many-to-one
Questão 34
Questão
The most common technique for writing multithreaded Java programs is _____.
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implementing the Runnable interface and defining its run() method
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using the CreateThread() function
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extending the Thread class and overriding the run() method
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designing your own Thread class
Questão 35
Questão
In Pthreads, a parent uses the pthread_join() function to wait for its child thread to complete. What is the equivalent function in Win32?
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join()
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WaitForSingleObject()
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win32_join()
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wait()
Questão 36
Questão
Which of the following statements regarding threads is false?
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Sharing is automatically provided in Java threads.
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Both Pthreads and Win32 threads share global data.
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The start() method actually creates a thread in the Java virtual machine.
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The Java method join() provides similar functionality as the WaitForSingleObject in Win32.
Questão 37
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Pthreads refers to ____.
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an API for process creation and synchronization.
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the POSTFIX standard.
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an implementation for thread behavior.
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a specification for thread behavior.
Questão 38
Questão
A _____ uses an existing thread — rather than creating a new one — to complete a task.
Questão 39
Questão
Assuming the Java class Worker implements the Runnable interface. Which of the following statements creates a thread using the Worker class?
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Thread worker = new Thread(new Worker());
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Thread worker = new Runnable(new Worker());
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Worker worker = new Worker();
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Thread worker = new Thread();
Questão 40
Questão
Calling the start() method of a Java thread
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only creates the thread
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creates the thread and invokes its run() method
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the start() method cannot be called directly
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can be either "only creates the thread" or "the start() method cannot be called directly"
Questão 41
Questão
A thread is composed of a thread ID, program counter, register set, and heap.
Questão 42
Questão
Virtually all contemporary operating systems support kernel threads.
Questão 43
Questão
Linux distinguishes between processes and threads.
Questão 44
Questão
Cancellation points are associated with ____ cancellation.
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asynchronous
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deferred
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non-deferred
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synchronous
Questão 45
Questão
In Java, data shared between threads is simply declared globally.
Questão 46
Questão
Each thread has its own register set and stack.
Questão 47
Questão
Deferred cancellation is preferred over asynchronous cancellation.
Questão 48
Questão
The single benefit of a thread pool is to control the number of threads.
Questão 49
Questão
It is possible to create a thread library without any kernel-level support.
Questão 50
Questão
Which of the following would be an acceptable signal handling scheme for a multithreaded program?
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Deliver the signal to every thread in the process.
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Deliver the signal to the thread to which the signal applies.
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All of the above
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Deliver the signal to only certain threads in the process.
Questão 51
Questão
Signals can be emulated in windows through ____.
Questão 52
Questão
Thread-specific data is data that ____.
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has been modified by the thread, but not yet updated to the parent process
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is generated by the thread independent of the thread's process
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is not associated with any process
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is copied and not shared with the parent process
Questão 53
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placed between system and kernel threads
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common in systems implementing one-to-one multithreading models
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short for lightweight processor
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placed between user and kernel threads
Questão 54
Questão
Windows XP uses the ____.
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many-to-many model
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one-to many-model
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many-to-one model
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one-to-one model