CSCE 3600 EXAM 2 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
A socket system call returns _______for the created socket
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) A memory address - ANS A) A file descriptor
A pthread_create function returns_______ for the newly created thread.
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) A memory address - ANS C) A thread ID
A fork() function returns _______ for the newly created process.
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) 0 - ANS D) 0
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,Which of the following statements is true regarding processes and their requirements?
A) A process is the same as an executing program.
B) A process doesn't require any resources to accomplishits task.
C) A process requires only CPU time to accomplish its task.
D) A process needs certain resources, including CPU time,memory, files, and I/O devices, to
accomplish its task. - ANS D) A process needs certain resources, including CPU time,memory,
files, and I/O devices, to accomplish its task.
True or False
If there are no connection requests and the socket is not non-blocking, accept () function blocks
till a connection requests comes in. - ANS True
Which of the following statements is true about long-term scheduler?
A) It is responsible for context switching between processes.
B) It is responsible for selecting processes from memory for execution.
C) It determines which programs are selected for execution from a queue of new processes.
D) It is responsible for allocating memory to processes. - ANS C) It determines which
programs are selected for execution from a queue of new processes.
Which system call associates an address with a socket?
A) bind()
B) connect()
C) listen()
D) accept() - ANS A) bind()
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, In a client-server networking application, which process typically creates a new child process to
handle each incoming client connection?
A) The client process
B) The server process
C) Both the client and server processes
D) Neither the client nor server process - ANS B) The server process
Which of the following pieces of information is shared among all threads in a single process?
(A) Heap
(B) Stack
(C) Program Counter (PC)
(D) None of the above. - ANS (A) Heap
A process control block should contain ________ .
(A) the process state
(B) a list of open files
(C) the contents of CPU registers
(D) all of the above - ANS D) all of the above
Context switching between processes is carried out by the________.
(A) job (long-term) scheduler
(B) CPU (short-term) scheduler
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AND ANSWERS
A socket system call returns _______for the created socket
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) A memory address - ANS A) A file descriptor
A pthread_create function returns_______ for the newly created thread.
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) A memory address - ANS C) A thread ID
A fork() function returns _______ for the newly created process.
A) A file descriptor
B) A process ID
C) A thread ID
D) 0 - ANS D) 0
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,Which of the following statements is true regarding processes and their requirements?
A) A process is the same as an executing program.
B) A process doesn't require any resources to accomplishits task.
C) A process requires only CPU time to accomplish its task.
D) A process needs certain resources, including CPU time,memory, files, and I/O devices, to
accomplish its task. - ANS D) A process needs certain resources, including CPU time,memory,
files, and I/O devices, to accomplish its task.
True or False
If there are no connection requests and the socket is not non-blocking, accept () function blocks
till a connection requests comes in. - ANS True
Which of the following statements is true about long-term scheduler?
A) It is responsible for context switching between processes.
B) It is responsible for selecting processes from memory for execution.
C) It determines which programs are selected for execution from a queue of new processes.
D) It is responsible for allocating memory to processes. - ANS C) It determines which
programs are selected for execution from a queue of new processes.
Which system call associates an address with a socket?
A) bind()
B) connect()
C) listen()
D) accept() - ANS A) bind()
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, In a client-server networking application, which process typically creates a new child process to
handle each incoming client connection?
A) The client process
B) The server process
C) Both the client and server processes
D) Neither the client nor server process - ANS B) The server process
Which of the following pieces of information is shared among all threads in a single process?
(A) Heap
(B) Stack
(C) Program Counter (PC)
(D) None of the above. - ANS (A) Heap
A process control block should contain ________ .
(A) the process state
(B) a list of open files
(C) the contents of CPU registers
(D) all of the above - ANS D) all of the above
Context switching between processes is carried out by the________.
(A) job (long-term) scheduler
(B) CPU (short-term) scheduler
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