Chapter 4 Process Management

Question 1

When more than one processes can be executed, the operating system
must decide which one to run first. The part of the operating system
concerned with this decision is called the ______

Answer 1

Scheduler (The algorithms used
by scheduler is called the scheduling algorithm)

Question 2

The process can be in one of the five states during its life time, Which ones ?

Answer 2

1. HOLD
2. READY
3. RUNNING
4. WAITING
5. FINISHED

Question 3

____ contains those jobs which are
new and recently accepted by the job scheduler.

Answer 3

HOLD queue

Question 4

When the job scheduler accepts a new
job submitted by the user, is placed at the end of _____

Answer 4

HOLD state queue