Operating System Quiz (Set 13) Operating System (Set 3) 1 / 10 What is the purpose of the 'top' command in Unix-like operating systems? To change the user's password To list the contents of a directory To display real-time information about system processes To provide an abstract representation of an opened file 2 / 10 What is a race condition in the context of operating systems? A situation in which multiple processes are competing for resources A situation in which a process enters a state of infinite execution A situation in which a process consumes more resources than allocated A situation in which the outcome of a computation depends on the order of execution of operations 3 / 10 What is the purpose of the 'fork' system call in Unix-like operating systems? To allocate memory to different processes To create a new user account To create a new process by duplicating the current process To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU 4 / 10 What is a superuser (root) in Unix-like operating systems? A user with restricted access to the system A user with administrative privileges and full control over the system A user with read-only access to the system A user with limited access to the network 5 / 10 What is the role of a bootloader in an operating system? To manage the execution of processes in the CPU To provide user interfaces for applications To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU To load the operating system into memory and start the boot process 6 / 10 What is a system call in operating systems? A type of hardware interrupt A type of process that runs in the background An interface provided by the operating system for applications to request services from the kernel A type of memory management technique 7 / 10 What is the purpose of the 'chroot' command in Unix-like operating systems? To change the user's password To create a new user account To change the root directory for a process and its children To list the contents of a directory 8 / 10 What is a zombie process in an operating system? A process that has terminated but still exists in the process table A process that is consuming excessive CPU resources A process that is stuck in an infinite loop A process that is blocked and waiting for a resource 9 / 10 What is the role of the swapping technique in virtual memory management? To allocate memory to different processes To store files in a separate partition To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU To temporarily transfer processes from main memory to disk 10 / 10 What is the purpose of a file system in an operating system? To manage communication between hardware devices and the CPU To manage the execution of processes in the CPU To manage the storage and retrieval of files on storage devices To provide user interfaces for applications Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz