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How many states can a process be in ?

  1. $3$
  2. $4$
  3. $2$ 
  4. $5$
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ans is D ) 5 states  New , Ready ,Running, Waiting, Terminated

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 process states are arbitary and may vary across 

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I understand the urge to select Option (D) as the correct answer to this question as it is the most widely accepted model, but the question is ambiguous. 

Because, we don't know which process state model should we choose among - 2 , 3, 5, 7 state models. 

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