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Master Your CPU Scheduling Knowledge

Challenge yourself with our comprehensive quiz on CPU scheduling and process management! From burst times to preemptive scheduling techniques, this quiz is designed to test your understanding of operating systems and enhance your exam preparation skills.

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A process of determining which process will own CPU for execution while another process is on hold.

It is a time required by the process to complete execution. It is also called running time.

This algorithm separates the ready queue into various separate queues. In this method, processes are assigned to a queue based on a specific property of the process, like the process priority, size of the memory, etc.

CPU Scheduling

Multiple-Level Queues Scheduling

Priority Based Scheduling

Round-Robin Scheduling

Is used when a process switches from running state to ready state or from the waiting state to ready state.

Is the primary responsible for which the Operating System must ensure that the CPU remains as active as feasible.

CPU Utilization

Throughput

Fairness

Efficiency

A number of programs which can be present in memory at the same time.

Throughput

Jobs

Multiprogramming

CPU/IO burst cycle

It is a type of program without any kind of user interaction.

Throughput

Jobs

Multiprogramming

CPU/IO burst cycle

Characterizes process execution, which alternates between CPU and I/O activity.

Users

CPU Scheduling

Process

CPU/IO burst cycle

Is the measure of how many processes are completed in a given amount of time.

Throughput

CPU Scheduling

Multiprogramming

Dispatcher

Is the length of time needed to carry out a particular process.

Turnaround Time

Response Time

Waiting Time

Interval Timer

Is the length of time in which a certain process must wait before being sent to the ready queue.

Turnaround Time

Response Time

Waiting Time

Interval Timer

Is the interval between when the request was made and when the initial response showed.

Turnaround Time

Response Time

Waiting Time

Interval Timer

Is a technique that is quite similar to preemption. It is timer that could be set to start at a specific interval when a particular process receives the CPU allocation.

Turnaround Time

Response Time

Waiting Time

Interval Timer

Is a module that gives the process control over the CPU.

Dispatcher

CPU Scheduling

Context Switching

CPU Utilization

Is the length of time to start a new process after stopping the current one.

Dispatch Latency

Waiting Time

Interval Timer

Turnaround Time

Is used to load the saved state for the new process after storing the state of the old process.

Context Switching

CPU Scheduling

Dispatcher

CPU Utilization

It is the easiest and most simple CPU scheduling algorithm.

First Come First Serve

Shortest Remaining Time

Shortest Job First

Round – Robin Scheduling

In this method, the process will be allocated to the task, which is closest to its completion.

First Come First Serve

Shortest Remaining Time

Shortest Job First

Round – Robin Scheduling

The oldest, simplest scheduling algorithm.

First Come First Serve

Shortest Remaining Time

Shortest Job First

Round – Robin Scheduling

Is a scheduling algorithm in which the process with the shortest execution time should be selected for execution next.

Priority Based Scheduling

Shortest Remaining Time

Shortest Job First

Round – Robin Scheduling

Is a method of scheduling processes based on priority.

Priority Based Scheduling

Shortest Remaining Time

Shortest Job First

Round – Robin Scheduling

A situation where a set of processes are blocked because each process is holding a resource and waiting for another resource acquired by some other process.

Deadlock

CPU Overload

Process Jam

Process Hold

One process is waiting for the resource, which is held by the second process, which is also waiting for the resource held by the third process etc. This will continue until the last process is waiting for a resource held by the first process. This creates a circular chain.

Circular wait

Mutual Exclusion

Hold and Wait

No preemptive action

A resource can be released only voluntarily by the process holding it after that process has finished its task

No preemptive action

Mutual Exclusion

Process Jam

Circular wait

In this condition, processes must be stopped from holding single or multiple resources while simultaneously waiting for one or more others.

Hold and Wait

No preemptive action

Mutual Exclusion

Circular wait

It is a special type of binary semaphore which used for controlling access to the shared resource. It includes a priority inheritance mechanism to avoid extended priority inversion problems. It allows current higher priority tasks to be kept in the blocked state for the shortest time possible.

Mutual Exclusion

No preemptive action

Hold and Wait

Circular wait

It is a set of methods for ensuring that at least one of the conditions cannot hold.

Deadlock Prevention

Deadlock Avoidance

Deadlock Detection

Deadlock Detention

A deadlock occurrence can be detected by the resource scheduler. A resource scheduler helps OS to keep track of all the resources which are allocated to different processes.

Deadlock Prevention

Deadlock Avoidance

Deadlock Detection

Deadlock Detention

The simplest and most useful model that each process declares the maximum number of resources of each type that it may need.

Deadlock Prevention

Deadlock Avoidance

Deadlock Detection

Deadlock Detention

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