Intermediate
Operating Systems
Q63 / 100
What is the purpose of the init process (PID 1)?
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The correct answer is B) The first user-space process started by the kernel that adopts orphan processes and starts system services
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Correct Answer
The first user-space process started by the kernel that adopts orphan processes and starts system services
Explanation
init/systemd (PID 1) is the ancestor of all user-space processes. It starts services and adopts orphan processes (whose parent died) to prevent zombie accumulation.
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