Processor Management with OS

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  • Created by: lordHan
  • Created on: 26-11-17 15:02

1. What is an example of an input/output interrupt?

  • Illegal instruction detected
  • Completion of data transfer between devices
  • Arithmetic overflow
  • The shutdown of the computer triggered by pressing the off switch
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2. What is an example of a hardware interrupt?

  • A keyboard blocking the monitor of the computer
  • The shutdown of the computer triggered by pressing the off switch
  • Completion of data transfer between devices
  • Arithemtic overflow

3. What does the shortest remaining time algorithm do?

  • Executes tasks in time slices
  • Organizes the queue according to size and then executes accordingly
  • Executes whichever task has the shortest time left for executing, also allowing added processes to take over the currently running process
  • Executes tasks in the order of being added

4. What is scheduling?

  • Trying to make sure you can do all your homework the night before
  • A process that controls when a user may load certain programs
  • A process that gives the illusion of a multitasking computer by arranging the way tasks are processed.
  • A process that takes tasks from the computer and places them in the CPU for execution in order of loading

5. What does the First come, First Served algorithm do?

  • Takes the first task and executes only that task
  • Gives each task a time slice, and if it is not completed by the end of it it is aded back onto the end of the queue
  • Executes tasks in the order of being added
  • Organizes the queue according to sizesize and then executes accordingly

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