Multiple choice

When a process executes, it changes its state. Through how many states does a process undergo?

  1. Five

  2. Four

  3. Six

  4. Three

  5. None of these

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Explanation

The state of the process is defined by the current activity of the process, which may be as follows: (1) New - new process created (2) Running - instructions are being executed (3) Waiting - waiting for some input output (4) Ready - process waiting to be assigned to a processor (5) Terminated - process finished