Process Management Quiz

What is a process?

• A static piece of code

• A program in execution

• A type of memory allocation

• A hardware component

Which of the following is NOT a section of a process in memory?

• Data

• Heap

• Cache

• Stack

What does the Program Counter represent?

• The total memory used by the process

• The priority of the process

• The address of the next instruction to be executed

• The current state of the process

Which state indicates that a process is waiting for an event to occur?

• Waiting

• Ready

• Running

• Terminated

What is the role of the Process Control Block (PCB)?

• To store the process's execution state

• To compile the program

• To manage memory allocation

• To execute the process

Which type of scheduler is responsible for selecting processes from the job queue?

• Long-Term Scheduler

• Medium-Term Scheduler

• Dispatcher

• Short-Term Scheduler

What is context switching?

• The mechanism to store and restore the state of a CPU

• The process of switching between different CPUs

• The execution of multiple processes simultaneously

• The allocation of memory to a process

Which queue contains processes that are ready and waiting to execute?

• Job Queue

• Device Queue

• Ready Queue

• Terminated Queue

What does the Medium-Term Scheduler do?

• It controls the degree of multiprogramming

• It selects processes for execution

• It manages the swapping of processes

• It loads processes into memory

Which of the following is a characteristic of a Short-Term Scheduler?

• It manages the job queue

• It is responsible for swapping processes

• It is slower than the Long-Term Scheduler

• It selects processes that are ready to execute