CS604 Midterm Solved Papers

CS604 Mid Term Solved MCQS

The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.

1. fork
2. wait pg# 42
3. exec
4. exit

In ---------addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.

1. Symmetric
2. Asymmetric pg #
3. Both symmetric and asymmetric
4. None of the given options

-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.

1. ps pg # 66
2. top
3. who
4. ls

--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground

1. fg pg# 68
2. bg
3. jobs
4. kill

You can use the ------------- command to display the status of suspended and background processes

1. fg
2. bg
3. jobs pg # 68
4. kill

You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------

1. <Ctrl-A>
2. <Ctrl-C> pg # 69
3. <Ctrl-Z>
4. None of the given options

A time sharing system is

1. Multi tasking
2. Interactive
3. All of these pg # 09
4. Multi user

The main characteristic of a Real time system is

1. Efficiency
2. Large Virtual Memory
3. Large secondary storage device
4. Usability

Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in _____________ directory

1. /bin
2. /dev
3. /boot
4. /lib pg# 26

__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.

1. Long term pg # 36
2. Short term
3. Medium term
4. Swapper

In indirect inter process communication, a sender ___ mention the name of the recipient.

1. do
2. do not (Not Confirm)

A ______________ is an integer variable that, apart from initialization is accessible only through two standard atomic operations: wait and signal.

1. Semaphore pg# 111
2. Monitor
3. Critical region
4. Critical section

A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.

1. Spinlock pg #113
2. Monitor
3. Critical region
4. Critical section