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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. 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

Answer: Option C

2. Which operating system reacts in the actual time

Batch system
Quick response system
Real time system
Time sharing system

Answer: Option C

3. Which among following scheduling algorithms give minimum average waiting time

FCFS
SJF
Round robin
On priority

Answer: Option B

4. Banker's algorithm deals with

deadlock prevention
deadlock avoidance
deadlock recovery
mutual exclusion

Answer: Option B

5. Shortest Job First executes first the job

with the least processor needs
that first entered the queue
that has been in the queue for the longest
that last entered the queue

Answer: Option A

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