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Operating-systems Questions Set 26:

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Which of the following is a synchronization tool used for process/thread coordination?

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What happens when a non-recursive mutex is locked more than once by the same thread?

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The main memory must accommodate ____________

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What is the unique identifier used to represent a process in an operating system?

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The software that manages the hardware in a computer system is called the ________.

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A keyboard is an example of a device that is accessed through a character stream interface.

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The UNIX system uses a/an magic number stored at the beginning of some files to indicate roughly the type of file.

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Increasing the RAM of a computer typically improves performance because:

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Thread pools are useful when

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Choose the correct order of memory types in a network based on their speed.

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