Operating System MCQs

A. Other process similar to the one that the thread belongs to
B. Other threads that belong to similar processes
C. Other threads that belong to the same process
D. All of the mentioned

A. Has multiple threads of execution
B. Has a single thread of execution
C. Can have multiple or a single thread for execution
D. None of the mentioned

A. It can do more than one task at a time
B. It can do only one task at a time, but much faster
C. It has to use only one thread per process
D. None of the mentioned

A. Continuing to run even if a part of it is blocked
B. Waiting for one part to finish before the other begins
C. Asking the user to decide the order of multithreading
D. None of the mentioned

A. Share the memory and resources of the process to which the threads belong
B. An application have several different threads of activity all within the same address space
C. Reduce the address space that a process could potentially use
D. All of the mentioned

A. Decreases concurrency
B. Increases concurrency
C. Doesn’t affect the concurrency
D. Can increase or decrease the concurrency

A. A part of
B. The creator of
C. Unaware of
D. Aware of

A. Cause the entire process to run along with the other threads
B. Cause the thread to block with the other threads running
C. Cause the entire process to block even if the other threads are available to run
D. None of the mentioned

A. Kernel threads are faster to create than user threads
B. Kernel threads are slower to create than user threads
C. Kernel threads are easier to manage as well as create then user threads
D. None of the mentioned

A. The kernel can schedule another thread in the application for execution
B. The kernel cannot schedule another thread in the same application for execution
C. The kernel must schedule another thread of a different application for execution
D. The kernel must schedule another thread of the same application on a different processor