Quiz 1

Question 1

a process control block

Answer 1

includes information on the process’ state

Question 2

comparing virtual machines and container, which one is more lightweight and runs more efficiently?

Answer 2

containers

Question 3

which level of cache is usually owned (not shared) by cpu cores?

Answer 3

l1

Question 4

which property does not belong to microkernel: more reliable, easier to port the os to new architectures, more secure, more efficient to run programs

Answer 4

it is NOT more efficient to run programs on a microkernel

Question 5

which approach is usually used by today’s OS design? microkernel, layered, module, monolithic

Answer 5

module

Question 6

the _____ of a process contains temporary data such as function parameters, return addresses, and local variables

Answer 6

stack

Question 7

when a child process is created which of the following is a possibility in terms of the execution or address space of the child process? child runs concurrently with parent, child is duplicate of parent, child process has a new program loaded into it, all of these

Answer 7

all

Question 8

what is the most popular hypervisor on linux?

Answer 8

kvm

Question 9

what are the possible process states?

Answer 9

new, ready, waiting, running, terminated

Question 10

list of processes waiting for a particular i/o device is called a(n) ________

Answer 10

device queue