Test Variant 2

1. What is the purpose of the process abstraction in operating systems?

 A) To provide a platform for debugging tools
 B) To allow for more efficient CPU usage
 C) To simplify the development of applications
 D) To support the illusion of concurrent operation on a single CPU
 Correct Answer: D
2. Which is a function performed by background processes on a user's PC?
 A) Displaying graphics
 B) Checking for incoming emails
 C) Managing user passwords
 D) Handling user inputs
 Correct Answer: B
3. What is pseudoparallelism in the context of operating systems?
 A) Running each process on a separate CPU
 B) The CPU running one process at any one time but switching rapidly
 C) Processes running independently without any CPU
 D) Simulating multiple CPUs on a single core
 Correct Answer: B
4. Which is true about the running state of a process?
 A) The process is waiting for an event to occur
 B) The process is currently using the CPU
 C) The process is ready to run but temporarily stopped
 D) The process has been terminated
 Correct Answer: B
5. What does the fork system call do in UNIX?
 A) It terminates a process
 B) It creates a new process that is a clone of the calling process
 C) It sends a process to the background
 D) It changes the priority of a process
 Correct Answer: B
6. How are new processes created in response to user actions in interactive systems?
 A) Through automatic system updates
 B) By issuing system calls from other processes
 C) By users starting a program through commands or clicks
 D) By scheduling tasks in the operating system
 Correct Answer: C
7. What happens to the address space when a process is created in UNIX?
 A) It is shared between the parent and child process
 B) Each process gets a distinct copy of the parent's address space
 C) The child process's address space is merged with the parent's
 D) Address space details are not applicable in UNIX
 Correct Answer: B
8. Which system call in Windows creates a new process?
 A) fork
 B) execve
 C) CreateProcess
 D) startProcess
 Correct Answer: C
9. What describes the 'ready' state of a process?
 A) The process is running and using the CPU
 B) The process is waiting for an event to occur to proceed
 C) The process is prepared to run when the CPU becomes available
 D) The process has completed execution and is about to close
 Correct Answer: C
10. What leads to the creation of a new process during system initialization?
 A) User logs into the system
 B) System boots up and starts essential services
 C) External devices are connected
 D) Network services start automatically
 Correct Answer: B
11. In which state is a process if it is awaiting completion of an I/O operation?
 A) Running
 B) Ready
 C) Blocked
 D) Terminated
 Correct Answer: C
12. What typically causes a process to terminate voluntarily?
 A) It completes its execution and performs an exit system call
 B) It encounters a fatal error
 C) It is killed by another process
 D) The operating system crashes
 Correct Answer: A
13. Which feature allows processes to handle their own errors in some systems like
UNIX?
 A) The ability to ignore all errors
 B) The signal mechanism which allows processes to catch and handle specific
errors
 C) Automatic error handling by the system
 D) None, as processes cannot handle errors
 Correct Answer: B
14. What is the significance of the process state diagram?
 A) It details the security levels of a process
 B) It shows the different stages a process goes through in its lifecycle
 C) It lists all the processes running on the system
 D) It describes the user interactions with the process
 Correct Answer: B
15. What happens to the logical program counter of a process when it is switched out
of the running state?
 A) It is deleted
 B) It is saved until the process resumes
 C) It is reset
 D) It is shared with other processes
 Correct Answer: B
16. How does the operating system ensure that a new process has the resources it
needs to run?
 A) By terminating other running processes
 B) By allocating necessary resources during the process creation
 C) By reducing the priority of other processes
 D) By ignoring resource allocation
 Correct Answer: B
17. What is the primary purpose of the Win32 function CreateProcess?
 A) To monitor processes
 B) To create a new process and load the correct program into it
 C) To send signals to processes
 D) To delete processes
 Correct Answer: B
18. What mechanism does UNIX use to ensure that changes in a child process's
memory do not affect the parent process?
 A) Shared memory
 B) Copy-on-write
 C) Static memory allocation
 D) Dynamic memory allocation
 Correct Answer: B
19. How do modern multicore processors affect process management?
 A) They eliminate the need for process management
 B) They allow each core to run multiple processes simultaneously
 C) They enable each core to run a separate process at the same time
 D) They reduce the number of processes that can run concurrently
 Correct Answer: C
20. What role do daemons play in a UNIX system?
 A) They interact directly with users
 B) They manage user interfaces
 C) They perform background tasks without direct user interaction
 D) They provide security checks for user actions
 Correct Answer: C