GATE CSE · 2026 · CS
Question 63: Operating System
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Question 63
CSNAT2 marksNeeds review
Consider the following program snippet. Assume that the program compiles and runs successfully. Further, assume that the fork() system call is always successful in creating a process.
int main () {
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++){
if (fork() == 0)
continue;
break;
}
printf("Hello!");
return 0;
}
The total number of times that the printf statement gets executed is ________. (answer in integer)
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GATE CSE 2026 · Paper 1
Computer Science and Information Technology · Original paper archive
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- Computer Science and Information Technology
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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