What does the Process Control Block (PCB) contain?
What does the Process Control Block (PCB) contain?
Answer: C. Process state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information — The PCB contains essential information about a process, including its state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information. It is used to resume a…
- A.
Only the process ID
- B.
Process privileges and state
- C.
Process state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information
- D.
CPU temperature information
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Correct answer: C
The PCB contains essential information about a process, including its state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information. It is used to resume a process correctly after preemption.
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