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The amount of time required for the scheduling dispatcher to stop one process and start another is known as ______________

A

event latency

B

interrupt latency

C

dispatch latency

D

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The portion of the process scheduler in an operating system that dispatches processes is concerned with ____________

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assigning ready processes to CPU

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assigning ready processes to waiting queue

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assigning running processes to blocked queue

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What is Scheduling?

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allowing a job to use the processor

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making proper use of processor

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preemptive kernels

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non preemptive kernels

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Complex scheduling algorithms ____________

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are very appropriate for very large computers

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use minimal resources

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