Process Model and IPC interview questions - Slightbook

Total available count: 17
Subject - Operating System
Subsubject - Process Model and IPC

1

Brief about the initial process sequence while the system boots up?

2

What are various IDs associated with a process?

3

Explain fork system call?

4

Predict the output of the following program code?

5

List the system calls used for process management?

6

How can you get/set an environment variable from a program?

7

How can a parent and child process communicate?

8

What is a zombie?

9

What are the process states in Unix?

10

What happens when you execute a program?

11

What happens when you execute a command?

12

What is a Daemon?

13

What is ps command for?

14

How would you kill a process?

15

What is an advantage of executing a process in background?

16

How do you execute one program from within another?

17

What is IPC? What are the various schemes available?