Process State Model

Question 1

A process can be a program in execution [T/F]

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A process can be instance of a program running on a computer [T/F]

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A process can be considered as an entity that can be assigned to an executed on a processor [T/F]

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A process can be treated as a unit of activity that executes a sequence of instructions, a current state, and an associated set of system resources. [T/F]

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A process can also be defined as an environment that consists of a number of elements for executing a user-level program [T/F]

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Two (2) essential elements of a process

Answer 6

1. Program code
2. Set of data - associated with the program code

Question 7

It is a unique identifier for each process

Answer 7

Identifier

Question 8

It indicates the current activity of a process.

Answer 8

Process State

Question 9

The process is being created

Answer 9

New

Question 10

The process is waiting to be assigned to a processor

Answer 10

Ready

Question 11

The instructions are being executed

Answer 11

Running

Question 12

The process is waiting for a particular event to occur

Answer 12

Waiting

Question 13

The process has finished the execution

Answer 13

Terminated

Question 14

It refers to the priority level relative to other processes

Answer 14

Priority

Question 15

It indicates the address of the next instruction to be executed for a particular process

Answer 15

Program counter

Question 16

It contains pointers to program codes and data associated with the process, including any memory blocks shared with other processes

Answer 16

Memory pointer

Question 17

These are the data present in a processor’s registers during process execution

Answer 17

Context data

Question 18

This includes different information associated with the input/output status of a process, such as the outstanding I/O requests and I/O devices assigned to the process

Answer 18

I/O status information

Question 19

This includes different tracking information associated with the process, such as the amount of processor time, the clock time used, and time limits

Answer 19

Accounting information

Question 20

The elements of a process are stored in a data structure called

Answer 20

process control block

Question 21

Process control block the key tool that enables the operating system (OS) to support multiple processes and perform multiprocessing. [T/F]

Answer 21

True