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 informationThe PCB contains essential information about a process, including its state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information. It is used to resume a…

  1. A.

    Only the process ID

  2. B.

    Process privileges and state

  3. C.

    Process state, program counter, CPU registers, and memory information

  4. 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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