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Quiz: Processes and Threads

5 questionsNo time limitPass: 60%+10 XP on first pass

A process is a running program. Learn the process states diagram, the PCB, context switching, fork() and exec(), and how threads differ from processes.

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  1. Question 1

    A process waiting for a disk read is in which state?

  2. Question 2

    What does the PCB contain?

  3. Question 3

    How many processes exist after a program calls fork() three times in a row?

  4. Question 4

    Which do threads of the same process NOT share?

  5. Question 5

    What happens during a context switch?