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Poor response times are caused by

  • Busy processor
  • High I/O rate
  • High paging rates
  • Any of above
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1. 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

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

  • CPU
  • ALU
  • CU
  • Processor

3. Problem of thrashing is affected significantly by

  • program structure
  • program size
  • primary storage size
  • all 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. Root directory of a disk should be placed

  • at the fixed address in the main memory
  • at a fixed location on the disk
  • at the fixed location on system disk
  • anywhere on the disk
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