Question

Cascading termination refers to termination of all child processes if the parent process terminates ______

(a) Normally

(b) Abnormally

(c) Normally or abnormally

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was addressed to me during an interview.

The question is from Process Creation in division Processes of Operating System

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Normally or abnormally

The explanation is: Cascading termination refers to termination of all child processes if the parent process terminates Normally or Abnormally. Some systems don’t allow child processes to exist if the parent process has terminated. Cascading termination is normally initiated by the operating system.