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What component of a process stores the address of the next instruction to be executed?

Program counter (correct)

Heap

Stack

Data section

During a context switch, what happens to the state of the currently running process?

It is saved for later resumption (correct)

It is terminated

It is put in a waiting state

It is moved to the front of the ready queue

Which section of a process contains dynamically allocated memory?

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Program counter and processor registers

Text section

Data section

What is the primary function of the Process Control Block (PCB) in an operating system?

To handle user input/output operations Signup and view all the answers

When a process is in the 'Ready' state, what does this indicate about its execution?

It is prepared to run and waiting to be assigned to the CPU Signup and view all the answers

In Linux, how are processes identified and managed within the system?

By unique process IDs (PIDs) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of using threads in modern applications?

Increased efficiency Signup and view all the answers

Which type of parallelism distributes subsets of the same data across multiple cores?

Data parallelism Signup and view all the answers

What is Amdahl's Law used to identify?

The impact of the serial portion on performance gains Signup and view all the answers

Which thread model allows many user-level threads to be mapped to many kernel threads?

Many-to-Many Signup and view all the answers

Which thread library provides an API for thread creation and synchronization and is common in UNIX operating systems?

POSIX Pthreads Signup and view all the answers

In Java, what is the standard practice for creating threads?

Implementing the Runnable interface Signup and view all the answers