Question

The child process can __________

(a) be a duplicate of the parent process

(b) never be a duplicate of the parent process

(c) cannot have another program loaded into it

(d) never have another program loaded into it

I have been asked this question during an online interview.

This interesting question is from Process Creation in section Processes of Operating System

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) be a duplicate of the parent process

To explain I would say: The child process can be a duplicate of the parent process. The child process created by fork consists of a copy of the address space of the parent process.