UGC NET CSE | January 2017 | Part 3 | Question: 54

Question

Which statements is not correct about “init” process in Unix?

• A. It is generally the parent of the login shell.
• B. It has PID $1$.
• C. It is the first process in the system. 
• D. Init forks and execs a ‘getty’ process at every port connected to a terminal.

Answer 1

Ans is C

Init is the second process . First process is sched

Answer 2

init”(short for initialization) process in UNIX have:

1. process id (PID) = 1
2. It is generally the parent of the login shell.
3. “init” forks and execs a ‘getty’ process at every port connected to a terminal.
4. But it is not the first process in the system

   So, option (C) is correct.