Exam 7: Operating Systems

The _______ scheduler creates a process from a job and changes a process back to a job.

_______ is a program that facilitates the execution of other programs.

The _______ scheduler moves a process from one process state to another.

_______ can occur if a process has too many resource restrictions.

In _______, the program can be divided into differently sized sections.

_______ is multi-programming with swapping.

To prevent _______, an operating system can put resource restrictions on processes.

The _______ manager is responsible for archiving and backup.

In _______, the program can be divided into equally sized sections called pages, but the pages need not be in memory at the same time for execution.

In paging, a program is divided into equally sized sections called _______.

_______ is multi-programming without swapping.

A program becomes a _______ when it is selected by the operating system and brought to the hold state.

Every process is _______.

A process in the ready state goes to the running state when _______.

In _______, only one program can reside in memory for execution.

The _______ manager is responsible for access to I/O devices.

A process in the _______ state can go to either the ready, terminated, or waiting states.

_______ is a multi-programming method in which multiple programs are entirely in memory with each program occupying a contiguous space.

Multi-programming requires a _______ operating-system.

_______ supervises the activity of each component in a computer system.