CSE271: Short Quiz #9

  1. The alarm() signal call
      A. generates a message to the terminal in the most highlighted form possible
      B. sends SIGALRM to a process after some time has elapsed
      C. none of the above

  2. A process is
      A. a sequence of instructions a computer executes
      B. the memory space and data structures associated with a running program
      C. none of the above

  3. The execvp() system function
      A. runs a program in the calling process
      B. spawns a shell in which to run a program
      C. creates a new process and runs a program

  4. A program can create a named pipe by calling
      A. pipe()
      B. mkfifo()
      C. open()

Last revised: 18 April 2013, Brian D. Davison.