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    This document contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about processes, concurrency, and inter-process communication based on information from Chapter 3. The questions cover topics such as process creation, context switching, shared memory, process trees, signals, pipes, and message passing. Sample programs and figures are referenced.

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    Chapter 3 Questions

    Question 1

    Using the program shown in Figure 3.30, explain what the output will be at LINE A.

    Answer

    Question 2

    Including the initial parent process, how many processes are created by the program shown in Figure
    3.31?

    Answer

    Question 3

    Original versions of Apple’s mobile iOS operating system provided no means of concurrent processing.
    Discuss three major complications that concurrent processing adds to an operating system.
    Answer

    Question 4

    Some computer systems provide multiple register sets. Describe what happens when a context switch
    occurs if the new context is already loaded into one of the register sets. What happens if the new
    context is in memory rather than in a register set and all the register sets are in use?

    Answer:

    Question 5

    When a process creates a new process using the fork() operation, which of the following states is shared
    between the parent process and the child process?

    a. Stack
    b. Heap
    c. Shared memory segments

    Answer

    Question 8

    Describe the actions taken by a kernel to context-switch between processes.

    Answer

    Question 9

    Construct a process tree similar to Figure 3.7. To obtain process information for the UNIX or Linux
    system, use the command ps -ael. Use the command man ps to get more information about the ps
    command. The task manager on Windows systems does not provide the parent process ID, but the
    process monitor tool, available from technet. microsoft.com, provides a process-tree tool.

    Answer

    Question 10

    Explain the role of the init (or systemd) process on UNIX and Linux systems in regard to process
    termination.

    Answer
    Question 11

    Including the initial parent process, how many processes are created by the program shown in Figure
    3.32?

    Answer

    Question 12

    Explain the circumstances under which the line of code marked printf("LINE J") in Figure 3.33 will be
    reached.

    Answer

    Question 13

    Using the program in Figure 3.34, identify the values of pid at lines A, B, C, and D. (Assume that the
    actual pids of the parent and child are 2600 and 2603, respectively.)
    Answer

    Question 16

    Using the program shown in Figure 3.35, explain what the output will be at lines X and Y.

    Answer

    Question 17

    What are the benefits and the disadvantages of each of the following? Consider both the system level
    and the programmer level.

    a. Synchronous and asynchronous communication


    b. Automatic and explicit buffering
    c. Send by copy and send by reference
    d. Fixed-sized and variable-sized messages

    Answer

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