Operating System Concepts Quiz

Which of the following is not a function of an operating system?

• Memory management

• Process scheduling

• Compiling programs

• File management

The process of switching from one process to another is called:

• Process Scheduling

• Context Switching

• Dispatching

• Process Control

Deadlock prevention can be achieved by:

• Preventing mutual exclusion

• Preventing hold and wait

• Preventing circular wait

• All of the above

Which scheduling algorithm results in minimum average waiting time?

• First-Come, First-Served (FCFS)

• Shortest Job First (SJF)

• Round Robin

• Priority Scheduling

Seamaphore is used to solve the problem of

• Mutual Exclusion

• Process Synchronozation

• Deadlock Detection and Recovery

• None of the Above

• Both 1&2

The process that are residing in main memory and are ready and waiting to be executed are kept on a list called

• Process Queue

• Job Queue

• Ready Queue

• Execution Queue

Thread is also called

• Virtual Process

• A lightweight Process

• A Heavy weight Process

• A scheduler

Race condition occurs when:

• Two processes try to access the same resource simultaneously

• A process is waiting indefinitely for a resource

• Memory is allocated dynamically

• Threads execute sequentially

Which of the following is not an IPC mechanism?

• Pipes

• Shared Memory

• Message Passing

• Paging

The critical section problem occurs when:

• Multiple processes share a common resource

• A process is waiting indefinitely

• CPU scheduling is used

• Memory is allocated dynamically