1
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
A process executes the code
fork $$\left( {\,\,\,} \right);$$
fork $$\left( {\,\,\,} \right);$$
fork $$\left( {\,\,\,} \right);$$
The total number of child processes created is
A
$$3$$
B
$$4$$
C
$$7$$
D
$$8$$
2
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the $$3$$ processes, $$P1,$$ $$P2$$ and $$P3$$ shown in the table.
Process Arrival Time Time Units
Required
P1 0 5
P2 1 7
P3 3 4

The completion order of the $$3$$ processes under the policies $$FCFS$$ and $$RR2$$ (round robin scheduling with $$CPU$$ quantum of $$2$$ time units) are

A
$$FCFS:P1,P2,P3\,\,\,\,RR2:P1,P2,P3$$
B
$$FCFS:P1,P3,P2\,\,\,\,RR2:P1,P3,P2$$
C
$$FCFS:P1,P2,P3\,\,\,\,RR2:P1,P3,P2$$
D
$$FCFS:P1,P3,P2\,\,\,\,RR2:P1,P2,P3$$
3
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Fetch_And_Add (X, i) is an atomic Read-Modify-Write instruction that reads the value of memory location X, increments it by the value i, and returns the old value of X. It is used in the pseudocode shown below to implement a busy-wait lock. L is an unsigned integer shared variable initialized to 0. The value of 0 corresponds to lock being available, while any non-zero value corresponds to the lock being not available.
AcquireLock(L){ 
  While (Fetch_And_Add(L,1)) 
  L = 1; 
} 
Release Lock(L){ 
  L = 0; 
}
This implementation
A
fails as L can overflow
B
fails as L can take on a non-zero value when the lock is actually available
C
works correctly but may starve some processes
D
works correctly without starvation
4
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the virtual page reference string $$$1,2,3,2,4,1,3,2,4,1$$$
On a demand paged virtual memory system running on a computer system that has main memory size of $$3$$ page frames which are initially empty. Let $$LRU,$$ $$FIFO$$ and $$OPTIMAL$$ denote the number of page faults under the corresponding page replacement policy. Then
A
$$OPTIMAL < LRU < FIFO$$
B
$$OPTIMAL < FIFO < LRU$$
C
$$OPTIMAL = LRU$$
D
$$OPTIMAL = FIFO$$
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