Explore topic-wise MCQs in Operating System.

This section includes 4 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Operating System knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The child process can __________

A. be a duplicate of the parent process
B. never be a duplicate of the parent process
C. cannot have another program loaded into it
D. never have another program loaded into it
Answer» B. never be a duplicate of the parent process
Discussion
2.

In UNIX, each process is identified by its __________

A. Process Control Block
B. Device Queue
C. Process Identifier
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
Discussion
3.

Cascading termination refers to termination of all child processes if the parent process terminates ______

A. Normally
B. Abnormally
C. Normally or abnormally
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
Discussion
4.

Restricting the child process to a subset of the parent s resources prevents any process from __________

A. overloading the system by using a lot of secondary storage
B. under-loading the system by very less CPU utilization
C. overloading the system by creating a lot of sub-processes
D. crashing the system by utilizing multiple resources
Answer» D. crashing the system by utilizing multiple resources
Discussion