Process


Q1.

The operating system and the other processes are protected from being modified by an already running process because
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Q2.

Consider the following statements about process state transitions for a system using preemptive scheduling. I. A running process can move to ready state. II. A ready process can move to running state. III. A blocked process can move to running state. IV. A blocked process can move to ready state. Which of the above statements are TRUE?
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Q3.

Suppose a system contains n processes and system uses the round-robin algorithm for CPU scheduling then which data structure is best suited ready queue of the process
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Q4.

Which of the following actions is/are typically not performed by the operating system when switching context from process A to process B?
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Q5.

The state of a process after it encounters an I/O instruction is?
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Q6.

Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes?
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Q7.

The maximum number of processes that can be in Ready state for a computer system with n CPUs is
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Q8.

What is the swap space in the disk used for?
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Q9.

The process state transition diagram of an operating system is as given below. Which of the following must be FALSE about the above operating system?
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Q10.

Where does the swap space reside ?
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