Q. In deadlock,only one process at a time can use the resource,this condition is called

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Q. Which one is an example of race condition

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Q. Which one operation signifies that the transaction has terminated its execution

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Q. A collection of instructions (or operations) that performs a single logical function is called a

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Q. Binary semaphores are also known as

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Q. The value of a binary semaphore can range between

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Q. A _______ is a technique for passing information from one program process to another

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Q. Two general approaches are used to handle critical sections in operating systems which are preemptive and nonpreemptive ________

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Q. Push migration and pull migration are two types of ________ approach

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Q. Which one scheduling algorithm is designed especially for time sharing systems

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Q. A solution to the problem of starvation of low-priority processes is

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Q. Which one is a major problem with priority scheduling algorithm

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Q. The target thread periodically checks whether it should terminate, allowing it an opportunity to terminate itself in an orderly fashion is ___________ cancellation

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Q. The approach in which one thread immediately terminates the target thread is known as ___________ cancellation

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Q. The many-to-one model maps many user-level threads to one

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Q. When a process terminates then all its children must also be terminated. This phenomenon is called

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Q. Long term scheduler are also known as

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Q. The list of processes waiting for a particular I/0 device is called a

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Q. When the instructions are being executed, this state is known as

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Q. There are two types of interproccess communication, _________ and __________

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