Study Questions

Conditions of Deadlock

1. ____________ is a situation where only one process can have the resource.
2. ____________ ____________ refers to the dining philosophers with the chopsticks.

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Threads defined and Round Robin Scheduling

1. Definition of threads: a part of a program that can execute ____________ of other parts.
2. Why does it take less time to create a thread than it takes to create a new process?
3. In round robin scheduling each process is assigned a time interval, called its ____________.
4. A peculiar issue with Round Robin scheduling is the ____________ of the Quantum.
5. Process switching takes place in the _________________ mode.

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Operating Systems Defined

1. What are the two primary functions of an operating system?
   The two primary functions of an operating system are to be a ____________ and a(n) ____________ .
2. The sharing of resources both in time and space is called ____________ .
3. A(n) ____________ acts as a translator between a device and the operating system.

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