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A hardware device which is capable of executing a sequence of instructions, is known as

CPU
ALU
CU
Processor

Answer: Option D

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1. Poor response times are caused by

Busy processor
High I/O rate
High paging rates
Any of above

Answer: Option D

2. Which is non pre-emptive

Round robin
FIFO
MQS
MQSF

Answer: Option B

3. Semophores are used to solve the problem of

race condition
process synchronization
mutual exclusion
belady problem

Answer: Option C

4. Problem of thrashing is affected significantly by

program structure
program size
primary storage size
all of above

Answer: Option A

5. Fragmentation of a file system

occurs only is file is not used properly
can always be prevented
happens in all file systems
can be removed by compaction

Answer: Option B

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