Fall 2009 Midterm Solutions

Multiple choice

  1. b (stack allocation is performed on function calls)
  2. d (separate signals for parent and child)
  3. d (no ability to execute a new program)
  4. a
  5. c
  6. c (every process that terminates becomes a zombie)
  7. a (otherwise, bar's stack frame would be undefined)
  8. c
  9. a (b is true, but is due to shared v-nodes)
  10. c