What is an operating system?

OPERATING SYSTEM-Processes and Process Control Block

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Lavina DSilva
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a) collection of programs that manages hardware resources
b) system service provider to the application programs
c) interface between the hardware and application programs
ALL OF a,b and c
only c
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In operating system, each process has its own __________
a) address space and global variables
b) open files
c) pending alarms, signals and signal handlers
all of the mentioned
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the ready state of a process?
a) when the process is scheduled to run after some execution
b) when the process is unable to run until some task has been completed
c) when process is using the CPU
none of the mentioned
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The address of the next instruction to be executed by the current process is provided by the __________
CPU registers
Program counter
Process stack
Pipe
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A Process Control Block(PCB) does not contain which of the following?
Code
Stack
Bootstrap program
Data
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is not the state of a process?
New
Old
Waiting
Running
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Process Control Block?
Process type variable
Data Structure
A secondary storage section
A Block in memory
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