WGU C191 MODULE 2 Latest Update Graded A

Temporary data such as function parameters, return addresses, and local variables. What does a stack contain? 1. The parent continues to execute concurrently with its children. 2. The parent waits until some or all of its children have terminated. 3. The child process is a duplicate of the parent process (it has the same program and data as the parent). 4. The child process has a new program loaded into it. When a parent creates a child process what are the possibilities? Context Switch The kernel saves the context of the old process in its PCB and loads the saved context of the new process scheduled to run Task control block What is another name for the PCB (process control block)? Process Scheduling Queues - job queue - all processes in a system -ready queue - all process in main memory ready and waiting to execute -device queues - set of processes waiting for i/o device