Operating Systems & Concurrency

9 questions

1.

Which of the following best describes a process in an operating system?

2.

What is the primary purpose of CPU scheduling in an operating system?

3.

Threads within the same process share the same memory space.

4.

Deadlocks can be completely avoided by implementing a preemptive scheduling algorithm.

5.

Explain how synchronization mechanisms prevent race conditions in operating systems.

Your answer

Press “Enter” to evaluate answer, “Shift+Enter” to add a new line

6.

Name the condition where two or more processes are waiting indefinitely for resources held by each other.

7.

Arrange the following CPU scheduling steps in correct order: Selection, Execution, Waiting, Arrival.

8.

Match the following synchronization tools with their primary functions:

Matching pairs are unavailable for this question.

9.

In memory management, the technique that allows processes to execute even if parts of their memory are not currently in physical RAM is called [blank-1]. It helps optimize memory usage by loading pages on demand.