Which of the following can be said about a segmentation fault caused when a process is active?
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One needs a good practical example of a “producer-consumer” type problem from among the following.
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A certain task is multithreaded in such a way that it is supported by two kernel threads where each kernel thread is supporting more than one user thread. Which of the following statement is not true about this scenario?
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Which of the following statements comparing the context of a thread with that of a process is true?
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What is not the major objective of operating systems?
What is not the major objective of operating systems? Options: (a) To act as a resource manager for multiple…[...]
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Consider a swapping system in which memory consists of the following hole sizes 10K, 4K, 16K, 2K, 11Kbytes. Which holes are taken for the successive segment requests of 12K, 10K and 9K if the best fit algorithm
Consider a swapping system in which memory consists of the following hole sizes 10K, 4K, 16K, 2K, 11Kbytes. Which…[...]
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Three non-preemptive jobs J1, J2, J3 are waiting to be run. Their expected processor times are 6, 3 and 5 time units respectively. In which order should they be run to minimize the average response time?
Three non-preemptive jobs J1, J2, J3 are waiting to be run. Their expected processor times are 6, 3 and…[...]
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A light weight process (LWP) is supported by a single kernel space thread, and it in turn supports several user space threads, belonging to a single user task. Which statement is true?
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The critical section problem can be solved in numerous ways. What statement is not true?
The critical section problem can be solved in numerous ways. What statement is not true? Options: (a) A test-and-set-lock…[...]
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A system suffering from an excessive number of page faults is said to be
A system suffering from an excessive number of page faults is said to be Options: (a) Crashing (b) Hashing…[...]
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Suppose a system has six equivalent tape drives. Three concurrent processes P1,P2 and P3 require three, two and four of these tape drives, respectively, to complete their execution. At a given instance two, one and one of these tape drives are allocated to these processes P1, P2 and P3 respectively. Which of the following allocations will bring the system to an unsafe state?
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Which of the following is not a necessary condition for deadlock to occur?
Which of the following is not a necessary condition for deadlock to occur? Options: (a) Mutual exclusion (b) Hold…[...]
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