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If you cd to some directory other than $HOME and run exec bash, the new bash starts in the working directory of the previous shell.
How does the new bash know what the previous working directory was?
It inherits its working directory just like every process inherits its parent’s working directory.
How do you think the
pwdprogram works? It just gets its own working directory with thegetcwdsystem call, which it inherited from its parent.