Operating Systems

Which of the following is not a condition for deadlock?

• Mutual exclusion

• Hold and wait

• Preemption

• Circular wait

Function of system software is to serve as the _________ between the user, the application software, and the computer’s hardware

• interface
• program
• application
• server

The grouping of jobs that require similar resources

• timesharing

• serial processing

• multiprogramming

• batch processing

The ability for a computer to execute more than one task simultaneously

• multitasking

• multiprogramming

• multiprocessing

• timesharing

The operating system is a type of

• system software

• general purpose software

• utility software

• application software

Which is not in the PCB

• Process state

• resources needed

• program counter

• processor size

Which is not a process state?

• waiting

• terminated

• blocked

• redirected

Preemption means

• process can be paused by system

• process cannot be halted once execution begins

• process has high priority

• process is short

FCFS is operates similar to a

• stack

• sorting algorithm

• circle

• queue

SJF is short for

• Shortest Job First

• Software Job First

• System Job First

• Shortest Job Final