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A thread is

  • lightweight process where the context switching is low
  • lightweight process where the context swithching is high
  • used to speed up paging
  • used in dead locks
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1. Banker's algorithm deals with

  • deadlock prevention
  • deadlock avoidance
  • deadlock recovery
  • mutual exclusion

2. Daisy chain is a device for

  • connecting a number of controllers to a device
  • connecting a number of device to a controller
  • all of above
  • none of above

3. Size of virtual memory depends on

  • size of data bus
  • size of address bus
  • size of main memory
  • none of above

4. Disk scheduling includes deciding

  • which should be accessed next
  • order in which disk access requests must be serviced
  • the physical location of the file
  • the logical location of the file

5. Which of the following does not interrupt an running process

  • A device
  • Timer
  • Schedular Process
  • Power failure
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