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Dispatcher function is to

  • put tasks in I/O wait
  • schedule tasks in processor
  • change task priorities
  • All of above
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1. 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

2. Which is single user operating system

  • MS-DOS
  • UNIX
  • XENIX
  • LINUX

3. Size of virtual memory depends on

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

4. Problem of thrashing is affected significantly by

  • program structure
  • program size
  • primary storage size
  • all of above

5. The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what has to be done, is

  • Operation code
  • Address
  • Locator
  • Flip-Flop
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