Question

Operating Systems COMP3499 Assignment

1. The OS to hardware interface is defined by the hardware designers.
True
False

2. In any given computer running an OS, how many processes / tasks can be running simultaneously?

		One.
		One per hardware core.
		It depends upon their priority level.
		As many as will fit in memory.

3. The kernel keeps track of all processes / tasks in one of three lists: running, ready to run, and blocked.

True

False

Answer 1

1. False

System integration engineers play the role to integrate OS with hardware and make sure they work together with the network.

2. One per hardware core.

For example. A dual core processor can process two tasks simultaneously

3. True

Kernel keeps track of all three processes