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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?

Amount of CPU and real time used by processes Signup and view all the answers

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

To keep track of the status and management of I/O devices 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?

CPU-scheduling information Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

CPU registers Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

Network status information Signup and view all the answers