Processes

Objectives

At the end of the exercises, the students should be able to:

• Distinguish operating system components that are needed to control processes and
manage resources; and
• Asses the control structure of an operating system and its processes

Instruction

Part 1 (3 items x 5 points)

1. Recall the details about the kernel components of a Window Operating System (OS). Base
on the figure below, select three (3) kernel components that you think are the most significant
in terms of process control.

• Security reference monitor

An increasingly important aspect of operating systems is security. Before an action can
take place, the operating system must be sure that the action is not a violation of
system policy. For example, a device may or may not be accessible to all requests.
When creating a driver, you may want to allow some requests to succeed or fail,
depending on the permission of the entity making the request.

• Power manager
This coordinates the power consumption among various devices. It can be configured to
reduce power by shutting down idle devices or the entire system, or setting the processor
to sleep

• Object manager
The Windows kernel-mode object manager component manages objects. Files, devices,
synchronization mechanisms, registry keys, and so on, are all represented as objects in
kernel mode. Each object has a header (containing information about the object such as
its name, type, and location), and a body (containing data in a format determined by
each type of object).
Part 2 (60 points)

Select a computing device or a gadget (i.e., smartphone, tablet, and laptop) that you currently
have access then, answer the following items:

A. What is the Operating system of the device? Android 11 with One UI 3.1

B. What is the total memory capacity (RAM) of the device? 8GB RAM

C. What is the available or remaining memory capacity (RAM) of the device? 6.87 RAM

D. Enumerate Five (5) running applications processes in the device. Selection applications
that consume high memory utilization. Indicate the memory allocation for each Processes.

• Pokemon Unite - 1.50 GB RAM

• Facebook - 541MB
• Office - 418MB
• Microsoft Teams - 298MB
• Microsoft Word - 293MB

E. Enumerate five (5) running background processes or system processes in the device.
Select Processes that consume high memory utilization. Indicate the memory allocation
for each processes.

• Settings – 277MB
• One UI Home – 164MB
• Samsung Keyboard – 171MB
• Google Play services – 99MB
• Android System – 8.5MB

F. Which has the higher memory utilization in your device, the background/system
processes or the application processes? Briefly explain the condition of processes in your
device to support your answer. Application Processes. It runs a lot of applications, mostly my
games. The condition of my phone while the application is running. My phone getting bit lag
and at the same time heating.
G. Give three (3) possible ways to connect your device to other device. Describe each in
one (1) sentence.

• Mobile Android
I can Bluetooth with other phone, the processes is we share any files we want.
• TV
I can screen-mirroring with the TV, it means. I can connect my phone to the TV by
seeing my display phone to the TV.
• PC
I can plug my phone to CPU by USB and transfer the file to CPU.

H. Does the process of connecting your device to other devices create new processes? Why
or Why not? Yes. It gives me some warning, about connecting to other device, and some
preventing me to connect, because some malicious files.

I. What are the possible effects of ending (force stop) multiple processes in your device?
It could lead to multiple Errors to other system and apps.

J. Describe the functionality of your device in the less-privileged mode. I can manually
force stop my phone, interact my settings, i can deletes files. I can text and call.

K. Identify at least two (2) ways on how you can terminate processes in your device and
briefly describe each.

• Force Stop
I can force stop a app or system background, if gets Error or Crash.
• Delete
I can delete the file or app