Operating System Processes Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1 : The process is

(a) an instance of a program in execution
(b) a program only
(c) A processor state
(d) None of the above

Answer : (a)

Question 2 : A program is passive while a process is

(a) inactive
(b) spontaneous
(c) active
(d) None of the above

Answer : (c)

Question 3 : PCB stands for

(a) Process Control Board
(b) Program Control Block
(c) Process Control Block
(d) None of the above

Answer : (c)

Question 4 : A process is created and is initially put in the 

(a) Ready queue
(b) Device queue
(c) Any of the above
(d) None of the above

Answer : (a)

Question 5 : Exit () systems call results in

(a) Forced termination
(b) Normal termination
(c) Abnormal termination
(d) None of the above

Answer : (b)

Question 6 : A thread is a 

(a) Task
(b) Process
(c) Program
(d) Lightweight process

Answer : (d)

Question 7 : Generally, we have User-level threads and

(a) Programmer-level thread
(b) Kernel-level thread
(c) Program-level thread
(d) None of the above

Answer : (b)

Question 8 : A null process has a process identifier of

(a) -1
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) Null

Answer : (b)

Question 9 : IPC stands for

(a) Internal Program Controller
(b) Internal Process Control
(c) Interprocess Communication
(d) None of the above

Answer : (c)

Question 10 : IPCs can be done through

(a) Mails
(b) Messages
(c) System Cells
(d) Traps

Answer : (b)

Operating System Questions and Answers