Question: Both processes (the parent and the child) continue execution at the instruction after the fork(), with one difference: the return code for the fork() is ______ for the new (child) process, whereas the _____ process identifier of the child is returned to the parent
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MCQ: Both processes (the parent and the child) continue execution at the instruction after the fork(), with one difference: the return code for the fork() is ______ for the new (child) process, whereas the _____ process identifier of the child is returned to the parent
Correct Answer:
A. Negative integer, Zero
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- 1. Creating a separate process using the UNIX _______system call.
- 2. After a fork() system call, one of the two processes typically uses the _____ system call to replace the process’s memory space with a new program.
- 3. The parent can create more children; or, if it has nothing else to do while the child runs, it can issue a ____system call to move itself off the ready queue until the termination of the child
- 4. Processes are created in the Windows API using the ______ function, which is similar to fork() in that a parent creates a new child process.
- 5. .A process terminates when it finishes executing its final statement and asks the operating system to delete it by using the ___ system call.
- 6. A parent may terminate the execution of one of its children for a variety of reasons, Which of the following is true: <ol> <li>The child has exceeded its usage of some of the resources that it has been allocated.</li> <li>The task assigned to the child is no longer required.</li> <li>The parent is exiting, and the operating system does not allow a child to continue if its parent terminates.</li> </ol>
- 7. A process that has terminated, but whose parent has not yet called wait(), is known as a ___ process.
- 8. if a parent did not invoke wait() and instead terminated, thereby leaving its child processes as it is ,the child process is known as ___
- 9. When a process creates a new process using the fork() operation, which of the following states is shared between the parent process and the child process?
- 10. Which are two fundamental models of interprocess communication: <ol> <li>shared memory</li> <li>message passing.</li> <li>independent</li> <li>cooperating</li> </ol>
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