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Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20 Q21 Question 6 MCQ · 4.0 marks 6406535953734. Process 1 and Process 2 will enter their critical sections simultaneously,
leading to race conditions.
6406535953735. Process 1 will always enter its critical section before Process 2.
6406535953736. Process 2 will always enter its critical section before Process 1.
6406535953737. Deadlock can occur if both processes try to enter their critical sections
simultaneously.
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Question 7 MCQ · 3.0 marks 6406535953738. Mutual exclusion
6406535953740. Bounded waiting
6406535953741. None of these
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Question 8 MCQ · 3.0 marks 6406535953744. 7F 42 43 44 02 01 01 00
6406535953745. 7F 45 4D 50 02 01 01 00
6406535953746. 7F 45 4C 46 02 01 01 00
6406535953747. 7F 50 51 52 02 01 01 00
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Question 9 MCQ · 3.0 marks 6406535953756. 0x800000000000000F
6406535953757. 0x000000000000000D
6406535953758. 0x000000000000000F
6406535953759. 0x8000000000000005
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Question 10 MCQ · 1.0 marks State True or False: In inter-process communication (IPC) using shared memory, the commonly
used system calls are send and receive.
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Question 11 MCQ · 2.0 marks 6406535953748. 6406535953749. 6406535953750. 6406535953751. A published solution is not available for this question yet.
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Question 13 MCQ · 2.0 marks 6406535953760. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
6406535953761. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3
6406535953762. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
6406535953763. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
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Question 14 MCQ · 2.0 marks What is a disadvantage associated with the Shortest Job First (SJF) scheduling algorithm in
operating systems?
6406535953764. Inefficiency for short jobs
6406535953766. Lack of flexibility
6406535953767. None of these
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Question 15 MCQ · 2.0 marks In the context of response time, which of the following statements is correct for the First-Come-
First-Serve (FCFS) and Round Robin scheduling algorithms?
6406535953768. Round Robin provides the same or a lower response time compared to FCFS.
6406535953769. FCFS provides a lower response time compared to Round Robin.
6406535953770. Both FCFS and Round Robin give the same response time to each process.
6406535953771. None of these
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Question 16 MSQ · 3.0 marks Select all the correct statements
6406535953772. Mutexes use busy wait while trying to acquire the lock.
6406535953773. Mutexes can be also implemented with spinlocks
6406535953774. A blocking semaphore with S initialized to 1 is similar to a mutex.
6406535953775. The Thundering herd problem of the mutexes can be solved using a queue.
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Question 17 MSQ · 3.0 marks Choose all the correct statements regarding compiling and linking multiple C source files using
gcc.
6406535953782. The command gcc file1.c file2.c -o output produces an executable named
output.
6406535953783. The command gcc -c file1.c file2.c -o output produces an executable named
output.
6406535953784. The command gcc -c file1.c file2.c produces file1.o and file2.o.
6406535953785. The command gcc file1.o file2.o -c -o output produces an executable named
output.
6406535953786. The command gcc file1.o file2.o -o output links the object files into an
executable named output.
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Question 18 MSQ · 4.0 marks A published solution is not available for this question yet.
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Question 19 NAT · 4.0 marks A published solution is not available for this question yet.
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Question 20 NAT · 4.0 marks A published solution is not available for this question yet.
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