Question

There are ___ distinct phases of a process.

(a) 2

(b) 5

(c) 4

(d) 3

I have been asked this question during an internship interview.

Origin of the question is Process Status:ps Command and Phases of a Process topic in division The Process of Unix

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) 3

The best I can explain: There are three distinct phases of a process which uses three different system calls or functions. A process can be in its initial state when it is created, after that, the process is in execution state when the instructions of a process are being executed. The third phase of a process is waiting for state when the process is waiting for some action to be taken.