Question

Some attributes of every process are maintained by the kernel in memory in a separate structure called the ______

(a) pcb

(b) task control block

(c) process table

(d) task table

This question was addressed to me in semester exam.

This intriguing question originated from Process Basics topic in chapter The Process of Unix

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) process table

To explain: As every process has some attributes. Some of these attributes are maintained by the kernel in memory in a separate structure called the process table. A process table is simply an array of many pcb’s. Process table contains two major attributes of a process i.e. processed and parent process ID.