6)
a) The Process Image element that contains the collection of attributes needed by the OS to control a particular process is called the:
User Data
System Stack
Process Control Block
None of these are the described process image element
b) The basic Two-State Process Model defines two possible states for a process in relationship to the processor:
Running and Executing
Running and Not Running
Executing and Waiting
None of the these are correct
c) One step in the procedure for creating a new process involves:
Initializing the process control block
Allocating space for the process
Assigning a unique identifier
All of these are steps needed when createing a new process
d) In the Five-State Process Model; the following represents a valid state transition:
Running -> Blocked
Blocked -> Ready
Running -> Ready
All of these are valid transitions
e) In a multithreaded system context information for context switching (such as the program counter; user registers; PSW; etc.) is kept in the thread control block.
True
False