OS Process Management & Co-ordination Objectives 16-30

1.       Which of the following is not a CPU scheduling algorithm?
1) SCAN
2) SJF
3) FCFS
4) Round robin
Answer: 1
2.       Process A has arrived in the system by time 0 and requires 5 time units in the CPU, process B has arrived by time 1 and requires 3 time units, process C has arrived by time 2 and requires 1 time unit. Assuming negligible processes switching time, and that all processes are CPU bound and that a new quantum starts whenever a process finishes, the average time for Round robin (Q=3) is ___________
1) 3.33
 2) 2.33 
3) 2.89
 4) 4.67
 Answer: 1
3.       Which of the scheduling algo gives the minimum average waiting time for a given set of processes?
1) FCFS
2) SJF
 3) Round Robin
4) Priority
 Answer: 2
4.       Forcible removal of a resource from a process is possible through _____
1) Scheduling
 2) Preemption 
3) Dispatching 
4) None
Answer: 2  
5.       Which of the following gives control of the CPU to the process selected by short term scheduler?
1) Context switching 
2) Thread 
3) Interrupt 
4) Dispatcher
Answer: 4
6.       Which of the following is strictly preemptive?
1) FCFS
2) Priority
3) Round Robin
4) SJF
Answer: 3

7.       The performance of round robin algorithm depends on
1) Preemption 
2) Time Quantum
 3) Non-preemption
4) Priority
Answer: 2
8.       The following are the processes and their burst time:  P1 : 6, P2 : 8 P3 : 7 P4 : 3.. The average turn around time if SJF is used is ____mille seconds
 1) 7 
 2) 13  
3) 19 
4) 7.6
Answer: 2
9.       The major problem with priority scheduling algorithm is _________.
1) Indefinite blocking
2) Takes large turnaround time
3) Deadlock occurs
4) All the above
Answer: 2
10.   If the time quantum is very big in round robin CPU scheduling algorithm, then it acts as 
1) SJF scheduling
2) FCFS
3) Priority
4) SJF with preemption
Answer: 2
11.   Medium term scheduler is based on 
1) Scroll in, scroll out
2) Wrap in, wrap out
3) Swap in, swap out
4) Fetch in, fetch out
Answer: 3 
12.   In which of the following context switching never takes place?
 1) SJF
 2) Round robin
3) Preemptive policy
 4) None Answer: 1
13.   Round robin scheduling algorithm is suitable for Time sharing systems.
True/ False
 Answer: True
14.   To maximize CPU utilization and throughput we should maximize turnaround time and minimize waiting time.
True/ False?
 Answer: False
 Explanation: we should minimize turnaround time and minimize waiting time.

15.   Round robin scheduling is essentially the preemptive version of ________.
 1) FIFO
 2) Shortest job first 
 3) Shortest remaining 
 4) FCFS

Answer: 1



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