Sheet-3 (OS)
Operating System Processes Quiz
Test your knowledge about the workings of operating systems with our comprehensive quiz! Dive deep into process management concepts such as process states, control mechanisms, and resource sharing.
Whether you’re a student, educator, or enthusiast, this quiz will help you:
- Understand key OS concepts.
- Enhance your learning experience.
- Prepare for certification exams.
The processor itself provides only limited support for multiprogramming, and _______ is needed to manage the sharing of the processor and other resources by multiple applications at the same time.
Memory
Data
Software
Hardware
"The process was placed in a suspended state by an agent; either itself, a parent process, or the OS, for the purpose of preventing its execution," is a characteristic of a _______ process.
Blocked
Suspended
Ready
Swapped
A _______ is a unit of activity characterized by the execution of a sequence of instructions, a current state, and an associated set of system resources.
Identifier
Process
State
Kernel
We can characterize the behavior of an individual process by listing the sequence of instructions, referred to as a _______, that executes for that process.
State
Trace
Process block
Priority
It is the principal responsibility of the _______ to control the execution of processes.
OS
Process control block
Memory
Dispatcher
When one process spawns another, the spawned process is referred to as the _______.
Trap process
Child process
Stack process
Parent process
_______ involves moving part or all of a process from main memory to disk.
Swapping
Relocating
Suspending
Blocking
When a process is in the _______ state it is in secondary memory but is available for execution as soon as it is loaded into main memory.
Blocked
Blocked/Suspend
Ready
Ready/Suspend
A process is in the _______ state when it is in main memory and awaiting an event.
Blocked
Blocked/Suspend
Ready/Suspend
Ready
The OS must maintain _______ tables to manage processes.
Process
I/O
Memory
File
The collection of program, data, stack, and attributes is referred to as the _______.
Process structure
Process control block
Process location
Process image
The _______ is the less-privileged mode.
User mode
Kernel mode
System mode
Control mode
A _______ is an individual who seizes supervisory control of the system and uses this control to evade auditing and access controls or to suppress audit collection.
Misfeasor
Clandestine user
Masquerader
Legitimate user
A total of _______ process states are recognized by the UNIX SVR4 operating system.
3
9
21
15
The portion of the operating system that selects the next process to run is called the _______.
Trace
Process control block
Dispatcher
PSW
A computer platform consists of a collection of hardware resources, such as the processor, main memory, I/O modules, timers, and disk drives.
True
False
For efficiency, applications should be written directly for a given hardware platform.
True
False
A design change in the structure or semantics of the process control block could affect a number of modules in the OS.
True
False
The process control block is the key tool that enables the OS to support multiple processes and to provide for multiprocessing.
True
False
It is not the responsibility of the operating system to control the execution of processes.
True
False
The first step in designing an OS to control processes is to describe the behavior that we would like the processes to exhibit.
True
False
The OS may create a process on behalf of an application.
True
False
Swapping is not an I/O operation so it will not enhance performance.
True
False
If a system does not employ virtual memory each process to be executed must be fully loaded into main memory.
True
False
. A process that is not in main memory is immediately available for execution, regardless of whether or not it is awaiting an event.
True
False
The OS may suspend a process if it detects or suspects a problem.
True
False
All processor designs include a register or set of registers, often known as the program status word, which contains status information.
True
False
The process control block is the least important data structure in an OS.
True
False
A process switch may occur any time that the OS has gained control from the currently running process.
True
False
The principal function of the OS is to create, manage, and terminate processes.
True
False
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