📝 Contention Scope in Thread Scheduling

📖 From Operating System • 6. CPU Scheduling • 55 questions available

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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-10

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Q1. What is Process Contention Scope (PCS) in thread scheduling?

🔹 A. Competition for CPU among threads from different processes

🔹 B. Competition for CPU among threads belonging to the same process

🔹 C. Competition for CPU among kernel threads only

🔹 D. Competition for CPU across the entire system

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. In which thread models is Process Contention Scope (PCS) typically used?

🔹 A. One-to-One model only

🔹 B. Many-to-One and Many-to-Many models

🔹 C. All thread models

🔹 D. Only user-level threads

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. What is the key difference between PCS and SCS scheduling?

🔹 A. PCS schedules kernel threads, SCS schedules user threads

🔹 B. PCS schedules user threads onto LWPs, SCS schedules kernel threads onto CPUs

🔹 C. PCS and SCS are identical

🔹 D. PCS is used only in one-to-one models

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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