Exam 3: Operating Systems

A ______________ is a set of instructions.In contrast,a ________________ is the activity of executing those instructions.

What is the difference between a process that is waiting as opposed to a process that is ready?

Which of the following components of an operating system handles the details associated with particular peripheral equipment?

Which of the following components of an operating system is not part of the kernel?

Which of the following is a technique for controlling access to a critical region?

Which necessary condition for deadlock is removed by each of the following. A. Require processes to request all required resources at once. ________________________________________________________________ B. Allow only one process at a time in the process table. ________________________________________________________________ C. Take all resources from processes when deadlock occurs and restart the processes. ________________________________________________________________

Which of the following events is detrimental to an operating system's performance?