OS Continued

18 Questions | Attempts: 142
Please wait...
Question 1 / 19
🏆 Rank #-- ▾
0 %
0/100
Score 0/100

1. When an external device becomes ready to be serviced by the processor, the device sends this type of signal to the processor

Submit
Please wait...
About This Quiz
CIS Quizzes & Trivia

A follow up focused on the objectives covered in CIS 233 at Saint John's College Junior College.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

You may optionally provide this to label your report, leaderboard, or certificate.

2. The two basic types of processor registers are:

Submit

3. A common class of interrupts is:

Submit

4. The scheduling strategy where each process in the queue is given a certain amount of time, in turn, to execute and then returned to the queue, unless blocked is referred to as _______________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

5. The execution of a user process may be interrupted by a __________________, which might be generated by the process requesting an I/O operation.  

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

6. The first step in creating a new process is to assign a unique ________________ to the new process.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

7. The processor typically maintains the current operating mode (i.e., user or kernel) in the  _________________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

8. The Process Identification, Processor State Information and the Process Control Information are the general categories that collectively make up what is referred to as the _________________.  

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

9. The O/S control structure that the O/S uses to manage system processes is called the ________________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

10. In a system that implements two suspend states, a process that has been swapped out of main memory and into secondary memory and that is also awaiting an event is in the ________/________ state.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

11. A process that cannot execute until some event occurs is said to be in the  _______________ state.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

12. When the O/S creates a process at the explicit request of an existing process, the action is referred to as _______________________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

13. The portion of the operating system that selects the next process to run is called the _______________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

14. The listing of a sequence of instructions that execute for a particular process is called a  ___________________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

15. The User Data, User Program, System Stack and Process Control Block elements collectively make up what is referred to as the __________________.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

16. The behavior of a processor can be characterized by examining the interleaving of the process ____________ for the processes currently running on the system.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

17. In the __________________ model for illustrating the relationship between the O/S and User Processes, the O/S has its own region of memory to use and its own system stack for controlling procedure calls and returns.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit

18. In the __________________ model for illustrating the relationship between the O/S and User Processes, the O/S has its own region of memory to use and its own system stack for controlling procedure calls and returns.

Explanation

Sorry you need to find the answer yourself.

Submit
×
Saved
Thank you for your feedback!
View My Results
Cancel
  • All
    All (18)
  • Unanswered
    Unanswered ()
  • Answered
    Answered ()
When an external device becomes ready to be serviced by the processor,...
The two basic types of processor registers are:
A common class of interrupts is:
The scheduling strategy where each process in the queue is given a...
The execution of a user process may be interrupted by a...
The first step in creating a new process is to assign a unique...
The processor typically maintains the current operating mode (i.e.,...
The Process Identification, Processor State Information and the...
The O/S control structure that the O/S uses to manage system processes...
In a system that implements two suspend states, a process that has...
A process that cannot execute until some event occurs is said to be in...
When the O/S creates a process at the explicit request of an existing...
The portion of the operating system that selects the next process to...
The listing of a sequence of instructions that execute for a...
The User Data, User Program, System Stack and Process Control Block...
The behavior of a processor can be characterized by examining the...
In the __________________ model for illustrating the relationship...
In the __________________ model for illustrating the relationship...
play-Mute sad happy unanswered_answer up-hover down-hover success oval cancel Check box square blue
Alert!