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Which state do processes enter when they are waiting for something to happen before they can resume?
Which state do processes enter when they are waiting for something to happen before they can resume?
- Zombie state
- Sleep state (correct)
- Terminating state
- Running state
What is the purpose of the scheduler in a computer system?
What is the purpose of the scheduler in a computer system?
- To terminate processes
- To manage the run queue
- To share time among processes (correct)
- To execute instructions on a CPU
What is the state of a process that has completed, but its parent process has not asked about its state?
What is the state of a process that has completed, but its parent process has not asked about its state?
- Zombie state (correct)
- Running state
- Sleep state
- Terminating state
