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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-10

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Q1. Under which circumstance does scheduling become unavoidable?

🔹 A. When a process switches from running to ready
🔹 B. When a process switches from waiting to ready
🔹 C. When a process switches from running to waiting
🔹 D. When a timer interrupt occurs

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. What hardware feature is required for preemptive scheduling?

🔹 A. Memory management unit
🔹 B. Timer
🔹 C. Cache memory
🔹 D. DMA controller

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. Which scenario would NOT cause a context switch under nonpreemptive scheduling?

🔹 A. A process terminates
🔹 B. A process requests I/O
🔹 C. A timer interrupt occurs
🔹 D. A process invokes wait()

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: C

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