a) Orphan
b) Zombie
c) Body
d) Dead
Answer: b
Explanation: The child process completes execution, but the parent keeps executing, then the child process is known as Zombie. When a child process terminates, its resources get deallocated but its entry in the Process Control Block (PCB) remains there until its parent calls wait system call.
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