The document consists of a series of questions and multiple-choice options related to processes and their attributes in computing. Key topics include exit status of child processes, process priority commands, shell operators for background execution, and process identification details. Each question is worth 10 points and tests knowledge on these fundamental concepts.

1. Question 1 (10 points)
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What happens if a parent process does not retrieve the exit status of a child process?
Question 1 options:
The child process will run indefinitely.
The child process maintains a defunct entry in the process table.
There will eventually be stack overflow.
The kernel picks up the exit status.
Question 2 (10 points)
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Which command can be used to start the process with the required priority?
Question 2 options:
schedule
nohup
nice
prefer
Question 3 (10 points)
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A user's customized login configurations located in this file in the user's home directory:
Question 3 options:
profile
.profile
.mbox

2. .exrc
Question 4 (10 points)
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What is PPID?
Question 4 options:
Previous process identification
Priority process identification
Parent process identification
Pre Parent identification
Question 5 (10 points)
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What is the parent process of the shell?
Question 5 options:
init
root
bash
sh
Question 6 (10 points)
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Which process attribute is not inherited?
Question 6 options:
PPID
UID of commnd owner

3. GID of command user
umask
Question 7 (10 points)
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A process is ___
Question 7 options:
Collection of threads
A thread
Software
A running program
Question 8 (10 points)
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Which shell operator can be used to place a command to execute in background?
Question 8 options:
|
&
&&
>
Question 9 (10 points)
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A file opened by a child process has a descriptor that is
Question 9 options:
available to the parent process.

4. not available to a spawned process.
available to the init process.
not available to the parent process.
Question 10 (10 points)
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A process that does not create another process will not have a:
Question 10 options:
process owner
process state
PPID
PID
The child process will run indefinitely.
The child process maintains a defunct entry in the process table.
There will eventually be stack overflow.
The kernel picks up the exit status.