Question

The state of a process is defined by __________

(a) the final activity of the process

(b) the activity just executed by the process

(c) the activity to next be executed by the process

(d) the current activity of the process

This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.

This interesting question is from Process Control Block in portion Processes of Operating System

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) the current activity of the process

For explanation: The state of a process is defined by the current activity of the process. A process state changes when the process executes. The process states are as New, Ready, Running, Wait, Terminated.