Q. _________ is the situation in which a process is waiting on another process,which is also waiting on another process, which is waiting on the first process. None of the processes involved in this circular wait are making progress.

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Q. FIFO scheduling is ________.

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Q. The collection of processes on the disk that is waiting to be brought into memory for execution forms the ___________ .

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Q. Which scheduler controls the degree of multi programming?

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Q. A scheduling algorithm is fair

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Q. What is a long-term scheduler ?

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Q. If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be ______, and the Short term Scheduler will have a ______ to do.

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Q. What is a medium-term scheduler ?

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Q. What is a short-term scheduler ?

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Q. The primary distinction between the short term scheduler and the long term scheduler is :

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Q. The only state transition that is initiated by the user process itself is :

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Q. In a time-sharing operating system, when the time slot given to a process is completed, the process goes from the running state to the :

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Q. In a multi-programming environment :

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Q. Suppose that a process is in “Blocked” state waiting for some I/O service. When the service is completed, it goes to the :

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Q. The context of a process in the PCB of a process does not contain :

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Q. Which of the following need not necessarily be saved on a context switch between processes ?

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Q. Which of the following does not interrupt a running process ?

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Q. Which of the following state transitions is not possible ?

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Q. Which of following is not an advantage of multiprogramming ?

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Q. Spooling is most beneficial where

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