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Question : 6

A set of resources allocations such that the system can allocate resources to each process is some order, and still avoid a dead lock is called

a) unsafe state

b) safe state

c) Starvation

d) Greedy allocation

Question : 7

The following resources can cause deadlocks

a) Read only files

b) Shared programs

c) Printers

d) All of the above

Question : 8

I/O modules move data

a) Between external environment and computer.

b) In the computer main memory.

c) In Processors

d) None of these.

Question : 9

A task in a blocked state is

a) Executable

b) Waiting for some temporarily unavailable resource

c) Running

d) None of these

Question : 10

Compile time

a) where the process will reside in memory, then absolute code can be generated

b) where the process will reside in memory, then the compiler must generate relocatable code

c) if the process can be moved during its execution from one memory segment to another,the binding must be delayed until run time

d) all of the above