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Algorithms Quiz | SP Contest 3 | Question 7

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Consider the below C program:




int main()
{
    fork();
    fork();
    fork();
      
    printf("Hello World");
}


How many child processes will be created when the above program executes?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7


Answer: (D)

Explanation: For n fork calls in a program, (2n-1) child processes are created.

Here n = 3.
Therefore, no of child process = 23 – 1 = 8 – 1 = 7.


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Last Updated : 25 Jul, 2018
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