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Operating-systems Questions Set 14:

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In Unix, which system call creates a new process?

create

new

fork

None of the mentioned

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If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______ file .

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Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?

Scheduler

Dispatcher

Interrupt

None

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What are the two atomic operations that can be performed on semaphores?

wait and signal

stop and wait

hold and signal

hold and stop

Solution:

The three general methods for delivering content from a server to a client across a network are _____

unicasting

multicasting

broadcasting

All of the mentioned

Solution:

The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, or write to files is known as the

Deadlock

Starvation

Semaphore

Critical section

Solution:

What is the primary effect of compressing a file?

It cannot be delivered to the client more quickly

It takes up less space for storage

It has better quality

All of the mentioned

Solution:

Processes are classified into different groups in ____________

shortest job scheduling algorithm

priority scheduling algorithm

multilevel queue scheduling algorithm

priority scheduling algorithm

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Consider a computer system with a byte-addressable primary memory of size 2³² bytes. Assume the computer system has a direct-mapped cache of size 32 KB (1 KB = 2¹⁰ bytes), and each cache block is of size 64 bytes. The size of the tag field is how many bits?

Solution:

A deadlock-free solution to the Dining Philosophers problem _____.

necessarily eliminates the possibility of starvation

eliminates any possibility of any kind of problem further

None of the mentioned

does not necessarily eliminate the possibility of starvation

Operating-systems Questions Set 14:

In Unix, which system call creates a new process?

Solution:

If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______ file .

Solution:

Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?

Solution:

What are the two atomic operations that can be performed on semaphores?

Solution:

The three general methods for delivering content from a server to a client across a network are _____

Solution:

The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, or write to files is known as the

Solution:

What is the primary effect of compressing a file?

Solution:

Processes are classified into different groups in ____________

Solution:

Consider a computer system with a byte-addressable primary memory of size 2³² bytes. Assume the computer system has a direct-mapped cache of size 32 KB (1 KB = 2¹⁰ bytes), and each cache block is of size 64 bytes. The size of the tag field is how many bits?

Solution:

A deadlock-free solution to the Dining Philosophers problem _____.

Solution:

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Operating-systems Questions Set 14:

In Unix, which system call creates a new process?

Solution:

If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a ______ file .

Solution:

Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?

Solution:

What are the two atomic operations that can be performed on semaphores?

Solution:

The three general methods for delivering content from a server to a client across a network are _____

Solution:

The segment of code in which the process may change common variables, update tables, or write to files is known as the

Solution:

What is the primary effect of compressing a file?

Solution:

Processes are classified into different groups in ____________

Solution:

Consider a computer system with a byte-addressable primary memory of size 232 bytes. Assume the computer system has a direct-mapped cache of size 32 KB (1 KB = 210 bytes), and each cache block is of size 64 bytes. The size of the tag field is how many bits?

Solution:

A deadlock-free solution to the Dining Philosophers problem _____.

Solution:

Related Question Sets:

Related Topics:

Consider a computer system with a byte-addressable primary memory of size 2³² bytes. Assume the computer system has a direct-mapped cache of size 32 KB (1 KB = 2¹⁰ bytes), and each cache block is of size 64 bytes. The size of the tag field is how many bits?