COSC 4330                  QUIZ #1                 September 20, 1994

CLOSED BOOK.  You can have two pages of notes. Each question is worth
20 points.

1.      True or False

T ___          F ___    In a multiprogramming system, there may be many
			programs in the system at any time but there is
			never more than one process

T ___          F ___    There are no direct transition from the waiting
			state to the running state

2.      How can the OS prevent CPU-bound processes from monopolizing
	the CPU?

3.      What are the advantages and disadvantages of the microkernel
	approach for designing operating systems?

4.      Which resources does a parent process share with its children?

5.      Write the UNIX C code allowing a parent process to wait for the
	termination of one specific child

waitfor (this_pid) int this_pid; /* process ID of child process*/ {



} /* waitfor */ 

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Please do not try to answer these questions by yourself BEFORE
having a clear idea of what's on the test for which you are
studying.

Materials covered in each test DO VARY from semester to semester
because the pace of the course can change, some materials are be
added and other deleted almost every semester.
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