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What happens to a child process if its parent process terminates in some operating systems?
What happens to a child process if its parent process terminates in some operating systems?
- The child process becomes a zombie process.
- The child process is terminated by the operating system. (correct)
- The child process is adopted by another parent process.
- The child process continues to execute.
What is the term for the termination of a process and all its descendants?
What is the term for the termination of a process and all its descendants?
- Process suspension
- Process hierarchy
- Cascading termination (correct)
- Process abort
Why might a parent process terminate a child process using the abort() system call?
Why might a parent process terminate a child process using the abort() system call?
- The child process is executing too quickly.
- The child process is communicating with other processes.
- The child process has exceeded its allocated resources. (correct)
- The child process is idle for too long.
What happens to a process's resources when it terminates?
What happens to a process's resources when it terminates?
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What is the purpose of the wait() system call?
What is the purpose of the wait() system call?
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Why might a parent process terminate a child process?
Why might a parent process terminate a child process?
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What happens when a parent process terminates?
What happens when a parent process terminates?
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What is the consequence of a parent process terminating without waiting for its child process to terminate?
What is the consequence of a parent process terminating without waiting for its child process to terminate?
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What is the purpose of the abort() system call?
What is the purpose of the abort() system call?
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Why might a parent process use the wait() system call?
Why might a parent process use the wait() system call?
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