1. What is a process?

b) A process or task is a portion of a program in some stage of execution

2. A process control block is assigned to?
c) Each process that runs in an operating system
3. Unique process ID is a number of?
b) A process control block
4. The process priority is used to determine?
c) How often the process receives processor time
5. Which process state is not used?
a) Loaded
6. How do processes synchronize their activity?
d) They use semaphores
7. How do you call the state when a process cannot be interrupted whilst performing updating data?
a) Critical section
8. In critical section there is no need for data locking if both processes?
a) Only read at the same time
9. What is a thread?
a) It is a separate part of a process
10. What kind of tasks are usually used for printing?
b) Background tasks
11. How does an Operating System load itself?
a) The OS may be loaded into the computer memory in two ways
12. When is the operating system immediately accessible?
c) When it is already present in ROM
13. Which kind of OS is best suited for small appliances?
a) Dedicated systems
14. Advantages of more complex systems are?
d) That changes to the operating system are easier to implement
15. What is the BOOTSTRAP PROCESS?
c) The task of initially loading the operating system
16. Where can you find called the BOOTSTRAP LOADER or IPL (Initial Program Loader)?
a) In the ROM
17. In MS-DOS the shell was?
a) command.com
18. Embedded systems are also known as?
c) Dedicated systems
19. Windows NT workstation is?
d) An interactive, multitasking multiprocessor operating system
20. Some examples of embedded systems are?
c) Home appliances