Operating System Scheduling Concepts
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Operating System Scheduling Concepts

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What is the purpose of the program counter in the context of process management?

  • To indicate the address of the next instruction to be executed for a process (correct)
  • To manage the allocation of memory to processes
  • To store the priority levels of different processes
  • To keep track of the number of processes currently running

    • Which of the following is typically managed by the CPU-scheduling information?

  • Memory allocation for processes
  • I/O device status and management
  • Process priority and scheduling queue pointers (correct)
  • Accounting information for processes

    • What is the primary purpose of the memory-management information maintained by the operating system?

  • To manage the allocation of memory to processes (correct)
  • To keep track of the execution time of processes
  • To manage the allocation of CPU registers to processes
  • To manage the scheduling of processes on the CPU

    • Which of the following is typically included in the accounting information maintained by the operating system?

    <p>Amount of CPU and real time used by processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the I/O status information in process management?

    <p>To keep track of the status and management of I/O devices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component of the process management information is responsible for managing the allocation of CPU time to different processes?

    <p>CPU-scheduling information</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the short-term scheduler in process management?

    <p>To allocate CPU time to the processes that are currently in memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component of the process management information is used to resume a process after an interrupt occurs?

    <p>CPU registers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the medium-term scheduler in process management?

    <p>To determine which processes should be swapped out to disk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is typically not included in the process management information maintained by the operating system?

    <p>Network status information</p> Signup and view all the answers

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