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Which technique is used by operating systems to execute several programs concurrently by switching back and forth

Partitioning
Multitasking
Windowing
Paging

Answer: Option C

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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

Answer: Option A

2. Which technique is used by operating systems to execute several programs concurrently by switching back and forth

Partitioning
Multitasking
Windowing
Paging

Answer: Option C

3. For multiprogramming operating system

special support from processor is essential
special support from processor is not essential
cache memory is essential
none of above

Answer: Option B

4. In which scheduling policies, context switching never takes place

FCFS
round robin
Shortest job first
Pre-empitive

Answer: Option A

5. Dispatcher function is to

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

Answer: Option A

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