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Question 6

The kernal keeps track of the state of each executing program by using a data structure called ______.

  1. AProcess control block
  2. BUser control block
  3. CFile control block
  4. DMemory control block
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Correct answer: (A) Process control block

Explanation

The OS stores each process's state, program counter, registers, scheduling and memory information in its Process Control Block (PCB), which it uses to save and restore the process during context switches.

From DSSSB TGT Computer Science Practice Set 1

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