GATE PYQ

Process

Q11.
Which of the following does not interrupt a running process ?

Q12.
The process state transition diagram in the below figure is representative of

Q13.
Dispatch latency is defined as

Q14.
Which is the correct definition of a valid process transition in an operating system?

Q15.
Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes?

Q16.
A task in a blocked state

Q17.
In the following process state transition diagram for a uniprocessor system, assume that there are always some processes in the ready state: Now consider the following statements: I. If a process makes a transition D, it would result in another process making transition A immediately. II. A process P2 in blocked state can make transition E while another process P1 is in running state. III. The OS uses preemptive scheduling. IV. The OS uses non-preemptive scheduling. Which of the above statements are TRUE?

Q18.
There are three processes in the ready queue. When the currently running process requests for I/O how many process switches take place?

Q19.
Special software to create a job queue is called a

Q20.
Process is