17 Questions
What is the purpose of the long-term scheduler in a time-sharing system?
To control the degree of multiprogramming by selecting which processes should be brought into the ready queue
Which of the following best describes the difference between an I/O-bound process and a CPU-bound process?
I/O-bound processes spend more time doing I/O than computations, while CPU-bound processes spend more time doing computations than I/O.
When a CPU switches to a new process, what is the purpose of a context switch?
To save the state of the old process and load the saved state for the new process
What is the primary difference between the short-term scheduler and the long-term scheduler in a time-sharing system?
The short-term scheduler is invoked frequently (in milliseconds), while the long-term scheduler is invoked infrequently (in seconds or minutes).
Which of the following best describes the relationship between a parent process and its child processes?
Parent and child processes can share a subset of the parent's resources.
What is the purpose of interprocess communication (IPC) in a time-sharing system?
To enable cooperating processes to share data and affect or be affected by one another.
Which of the following is NOT part of a process?
System kernel code
What is the purpose of the Process Control Block (PCB)?
To store information about each process
What is the role of the process scheduler?
To select the next process for execution on the CPU
What is the purpose of the heap in a process?
To store memory dynamically allocated during run time
Which of the following is NOT a valid process state?
Idle
What is the purpose of the stack in a process?
To store temporary data, function parameters, return addresses, and local variables
What is the key distinction between a program and a process?
A program is stored on disk, while a process is stored in memory.
How is a process created?
Both a and b.
What is the purpose of a process's program counter?
To specify the next instruction to be executed.
Which of the following is a resource that a process needs to complete its execution successfully?
All of the above.
What is the key difference between a program and a process in terms of execution?
A program is executed sequentially, while a process can be executed concurrently.
Explore the concept of a process, including its multiple parts such as program code, current activity, stack, data section, and heap. Learn about the different states a process goes through like new, running, and waiting.
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