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What is Dispatch latency?

A

the speed of dispatching a process from running to the ready state

B

the time of dispatching a process from running to ready state and keeping the CPU idle

C

the time to stop one process and start running another one

D

none of the mentioned

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1.

What is Turnaround time?

A

the total waiting time for a process to finish execution

B

the total time spent in the ready queue

C

the total time spent in the running queue

D

the total time from the completion till the submission of a process

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2.

Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler?

A

dispatcher

B

interrupt

C

scheduler

D

none of the mentioned

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3.

Choose one of the disadvantages of the priority scheduling algorithm?

A

it schedules in a very complex manner

B

its scheduling takes up a lot of time

C

it can lead to some low priority process waiting indefinitely for the CPU

D

none of the mentioned

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4.

A process P1 has a period of 50 and a CPU burst of t1 = 25, P2 has a period of 80 and a CPU burst of 35. Can the processes be scheduled without missing the deadlines?

A

Yes

B

No

C

Maybe

D

None of the mentioned

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5.

The ____________ scheduling algorithm schedules periodic tasks using a static priority policy with preemption.

A

earliest deadline first

B

rate monotonic

C

first cum first served

D

priority

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