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What is the name of process attribute that is used to store temporary data for process in operating system?
a) Data section                      
b) 
stack
c) Heap                                   
d) none of these

b

What is the name of process attribute that is used to keep track of address of the next instruction in operating system?
a) 
Program counter            
b) Stack

c) heap                                    
d) none of these

a

…….is the memory that is dynamically allocated during process execution
a) Stack                                  
b) 
heap
c) virtual memory                 
d) none of these

b

……describes the nature of current activity in a process
a) 
Process states
b) process control block
c) process attributes              
d) none of these

a

How many states are in process?
a) three 
b) four                                     
c) 
five   
d) six

c

Explanation: new state, running state, waiting state, ready state, terminate state


What is the process state if the process is being created it’s not yet in memory?
a) 
New                                     
b) waiting
c) ready                                   
d) none of these

a