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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 9 Question 36 (Page No. 456)
A system provides support for user-level and kernel-level threads. The mapping in this system is one to one (there is a corresponding kernel thread for each user thread). Does a multithreaded process consist of $(a)$ a working set for the entire process or $(b)$ a working set for each thread ? Explain

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 15 (Page No. 193)
Consider the following code segment: pid t pid; pid = fork(); if (pid == 0) { /* child process */ fork(); thread create( . . .); } fork(); a. How many unique processes are created? b. How many unique threads are created?

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 14 (Page No. 192-193)
A system with two dual-core processors has four processors available for scheduling. A CPU-intensive application is running on this system. All input is performed at program start-up, when a single file must be opened. Similarly, ... ? Explain. How many threads will you create for the CPU-intensive portion of the application ? Explain.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 12 (Page No. 192)
Using Amdahl’s Law, calculate the speedup gain of an application that has a 60 percent parallel component for (a) two processing cores and (b) four processing cores.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 11 (Page No. 192)
Is it possible to have concurrency but not parallelism ? Explain.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 9 (Page No. 192)
Can a multithreaded solution using multiple user-level threads achieve better performance on a multiprocessor system than on a single processor system ? Explain.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 8 (Page No. 192)
Which of the following components of program state are shared across threads in a multithreaded process ? a. Register values b. Heap memory c. Global variables d. Stack memory

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 7 (Page No. 192)
Under what circumstances does a multithreaded solution using multiple kernel threads provide better performance than a single-threaded solution on a single-processor system ?

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 6 (Page No. 192)
Provide two programming examples in which multithreading does not provide better performance than a single-threaded solution.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 5 (Page No. 192)
Assume that an operating system maps user-level threads to the kernel using the many-to-many model and that the mapping is done through LWPs(Light Weight Processes). Furthermore, the system allows developers to create real-time threads for ... real-time systems. Is it necessary to bind a real-time thread to an LWP(Light Weight Process) ?Explain.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 4 (Page No. 191)
What resources are used when a thread is created ? How do they differ from those used when a process is created ?

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 3 (Page No. 191)
Describe the actions taken by a kernel to context-switch between kernel level threads.

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 2 (Page No. 191)
What are two differences between user-level threads and kernel-level threads ? Under what circumstances is one type better than the other ?

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Galvin Edition 9 Exercise 4 Question 1 (Page No. 191)
Provide two programming examples in which multithreading provides better performance than a single-threaded solution.

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MadeEasy Subject Test 2019: Operating System - Threads

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GATEBOOK-2019 Mock Test1-17
Which of the following statements is FALSE? Each thread has its own stack Starvation implies deadlock Smaller page size increases the page table size User level process can not modify its own page table entries

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Process vs Threads
Identify Correct Statements : A. Forked Process shares the address space and other resources with parent. B. Forked Process can't use multiprocessor for parallel execution. C. Security is better in Process in comparison to threads. D. Thread switching doesn't require Kernel Support unlike threads. Explain Everyone of them (Mulitiple choices can be present)

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made_easy_test_series
Consider the following statements given below: S1: User-level threads switching does not require context switching. S2: Virtual memory increases the context switching overhead. S3: Every thread has its own registers and stack but not program counter. which of the ... I know: Context switching is faster in user level threads than kernel level threads, Then how come S1 is true?

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Operating System
Why context switching between kernel level threads has high overhead? as compare to user level threads

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MadeEasy Full Length Test 2019: Operating System - Threads
Consider the following statements: S1 : Multiprogramming is used to increase CPU utilization, while time-sharing is used to increase CPU responsiveness in interacting with user. S2 : If a user-level thread is blocked for I/ ... to be assigned to different processors in a multi-processor computer system. Which of the following is true?

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Zeal Test Series 2019: Operating System - Threads
The primary difference between process and thread? The number of I/O requests mode. The amount of overhead associated with creation and context switching The amount of memory allocation The average number of instructions executed

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MadeEasy Test Series: Operating System - Threads
Consider the following statements: S1: Multiprogramming is used to increase CPU utilization, while time-sharing is used to increase CPU responsiveness in interacting with user. S2: If a user-level-thread is blocked for I/O operation, then kernel of OS will ... of the following is true? Only S1 & S2 Only S2 & S3 Only S1 & S3 None of these

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Threads
Which of the following is not a reason to create threads? A)To achieve true CPU concurrency B)Creating a new process is costly C)Communication between processes must go through operating system D)The process as a whole gets one time slice irrespective of the no of threads it has

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Threads
Consider following statements given below : S1 : User level thread does not require context switching. S2 : VM increases context switching overhead. Which of the following statements are TRUE ?

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Interprocess Communication
Consider the following statements: S1 : Interprocess communication and sharing is easier in process rather than threads. S2 : There is no protection between threads of same process. Which of the following statements are Valid ?

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Threads
Consider the following statements: S1 : Multiprogramming is used to increase CPU utilization, while time-sharing is used to increase CPU responsiveness in interacting with user. S2 : If a user-level thread is blocked for I/O operation, then kernel of ... several userlevel threads to be assigned to different processors in a multi-processor computer system. Which of the following is true?

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Kernal level vs User level thread
Consider two processes X having P threads and Y having Q threads with equal time slices respectively.Threads are mixed with user level threads (ULT) and kernel level threads (KLT) with P > Q. Now consider the following statements I) If all threads are user level threads ... . III only 2. II and III only 3. I and II only 4.I, II and III How statement-1 Is true??

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threads
There is no protection between the threads of same process why ?

asked Nov 8, 2018 in Operating System by Gurdeep Saini Loyal (9.5k points) | 121 views

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Gate Practice
Please explain the question given below.

asked Oct 26, 2018 in Operating System by Abhisek Saha (191 points) | 86 views

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#Threads #OS True/False statements
for kernel-level threads, a system call can block the entire process. User level threads can be scheduled independently. Kernel level threads are transparent to the user level threads. Which of them is True?

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