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What is the purpose of the program counter in the context of process management?
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?
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?
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?
Which of the following is typically included in the accounting information maintained by the operating system?
What is the role of the I/O status information in process management?
What is the role of the I/O status information in process management?
Which component of the process management information is responsible for managing the allocation of CPU time to different processes?
Which component of the process management information is responsible for managing the allocation of CPU time to different processes?
What is the role of the short-term scheduler in process management?
What is the role of the short-term scheduler in process management?
Which component of the process management information is used to resume a process after an interrupt occurs?
Which component of the process management information is used to resume a process after an interrupt occurs?
What is the role of the medium-term scheduler in process management?
What is the role of the medium-term scheduler in process management?
Which of the following is typically not included in the process management information maintained by the operating system?
Which of the following is typically not included in the process management information maintained by the operating system?
