Intellectual Olympiad in Operating Systems - 2026 ongoing

Subject: Operating Systems
Level: IV (I is easiest, XII is hardest)
Category: student
Question language: English
Questions: 15
Example question: When a user-mode program requests a protected operating-system service through a system call, what typically occurs first? The process is permanently terminated, The CPU disables virtual memory, The disk controller executes the request directly, The CPU switches to kernel mode and transfers control to the system-call handler