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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. Four necessary conditions for deadlock are non pre-emption, circular wait, hold and wait and

  • mutual exclusion
  • race condition
  • buffer overflow
  • None of above

2. The LRU algorithm

  • pages out pages that have been used recently
  • pages out pages that have not been used recently
  • pages out pages that have been least used recently
  • pages out the first page in a given area

3. Creating a job queue is a function of

  • Spooler
  • Interperator
  • Complier
  • Drive

4. What is the name given to the values that are automatically provided by software to reduce keystrokes and improve a computer user's productivity?

  • Defined values
  • Fixed values
  • Default values
  • None of the above

5. Semaphores function is to

  • synchronize critical resources to prevent deadlock
  • synchronize processes for better CPU utilization
  • used for memory management
  • none of above
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