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Forking Process in Unix - Quiz

Each question is worth one point. Select the best answer or answers for each question.
1. Which of the following describes an interactive process?
Please select the best answer.
  A. A process that runs in the background to carry out infrastructure duties
  B. A process that is started and stopped by user commands to carry out specific tasks.
  C. A process that takes input and generates output in response to human interaction
  D. A process that is not associated with any terminal and is dedicated to handling a particular task

2. What does the fork() system call do?
Please select the best answer.
  A. Starts a new process that replaces whatever process called the new process
  B. Asks the operating system to clone whatever process calls it
  C. Waits for a process to terminate
  D. Reads a specified list of files and generates output for human use

3. A daemon is a process that
Please select the best answer.
  A. Reads files and generates human-readable output
  B. Is not associated with any terminal and handles a particular task
  C. Is associated with a particular terminal device
  D. Starts a new login shell process for a specific user


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