1.Name five major activities of an OS with respect to process management, and briefly
describe why each is required.
2.Consider a computer with N processors in a multiprocessor configuration.
a. How many processes can be in each of the Ready, Running, and Blocked states at
one time?
b. What is the minimum number of processes that can be in each of the Ready,
Running, and Blocked states at one time?
3.3 Figure 3.9b contains seven states. In principle, one could draw a transition between
any two states, for a total of 42 different transitions.
a. List all of the possible transitions and give an example of what could cause each
transition.
b. List all of the impossible transitions and explain why.