Operating Systems - Processes

A process is a...

• program in execution
• program on the hard drive
• high level program
• low level program 

Allocating time on the processor to individual processes is known as...

• CPU Scheduling
• CPU Timing
• CPU Clocking
• CPU Sorting

In a operating system, the purpose of the stack is...

• To store the return addresses of called functions

• To keep the parameters of called functions

• To store local variables

• All of the above

When executed in a Linux system, the program...

• crashes the stack segment because of infinite recursion

• crashes the heap segment because of infinite recursion

• crashes the data segment because of infinite recursion

• none of the above

In an OS, the scheduling of processes is done by...

• the shell (.e.g. bash)

• the graphical user interface (e.g., gnome)

• the file system

• none of the above

The memory returned by a call to malloc comes from the...

• data segment

• heap segment

• text segment

• stack segment

lubuntu is...

• a C compiler

• a version of the Linux kernel

• a distribution of the Linux OS

• None of the baove

The LXSS manager is a component of...

• Linux OS to support the virtualization of Windows

• Windows OS to support Linux's system calls

• macOS X to support Windows' system calls

• Android to support the virtualization of Windows Phone