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Multiprogramming systems

  • Are easier to develop than single programming systems
  • Execute each job faster
  • Execute more jobs in the same time
  • Are used only on large main frame computers
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1. Banker's algorithm deals with

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

2. Which one is true

  • The linkage editor is used to edit programs which have to later link together
  • The linkage editor links object module during compiling
  • The linkage editor links objects modules and resolves external references between them before loading
  • none of above

3. Which operating system use write through catches

  • UNIX
  • XENIX
  • ULTRIX
  • DOS

4. 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

5. Creating a job queue is a function of

  • Spooler
  • Interperator
  • Complier
  • Drive
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