CS604 Quiz 3 Set 2 by VU Topper RM

Preventing the condition of _____________ to happen, deadlocks can be prevented to happen. Monitors

Circular wait Page 136 ok

Critical section Critical region

While a process executes its critical section, other entering processes loop in a continual fashion in their entry sections, thus causing

A. Bounded waiting B.

Busy waiting ok

C. Race condition D. Mutual exclusion

Secondary Storage memory devices have _____________ memory. Volatile Temporary

Permanent and non volatile ok

None of the options is correct.

The ------- is a single program that produces an object file Linker Loader

Complier Page 86 ok

Text editor

Using hardware solution to synchronization for complex problems, introduce a new synchronization tool know as _______________. Trap Swap TestAndSet

Semaphore Page 111 ok

When the address used in a program gets converted to an actual physical RAM address, it is called ------------ Loading Execution Compiling

Address Binding ok

Semaphore S is a/an _________ type of variable to use as synchronization tool. Float

Integer Page 111 ok

Double Boolean

We can use semaphores to deal with the number of __________process critical section problem.

N Page 102 ok

2n n-1

Access of variable Semaphore is possible only through two atomic operation ______________ and _____________. A. Lock, key B. Boolean, integer C.

TestAndSet, Swap ok

D. Wait, signal

The situation in which no context switching is required in multiprocessor systems is referred to as _______ . A.

Spin lock ok

B. Scheduler C. Busy Waiting D. Interrupt

The wait operation of the semaphore basically works on the basic _______ system call. A. hold() B.

block() ok

C. stop() D. wait()

For undivided and uninterrupted testing and setting of semaphore, uniprocessor systems tend to _________. A.

Use spinlock ok

B. Use signal C. Disable interrupts D. Use bakery algorithm

Cache is non-volatile memory.

False Page 153 ok

True

It is not possible to run a program whose size is greater than the size of the main memory. 36 bits

48 bits Page 185

64 bits 128 bits

The set of all physical addresses corresponding to the logical addresses is a ----------------- of the process Process address space Logical address space