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📝 Processor Affinity in Multiple Processor Scheduling
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Practice MCQs for Processor Affinity in Multiple Processor Scheduling. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.
🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-10
📝 Sample Questions
Q1. What is processor affinity in the context of SMP systems?
🔹 A. The tendency of a processor to run faster over time
🔹 B. The attempt to keep a process running on the same processor
🔹 C. The assignment of processes to memory banks
🔹 D. The priority level assigned to a processor
💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B
Q2. What is the primary benefit of processor affinity?
🔹 A. Reduced context switching
🔹 B. Avoidance of cache invalidation and repopulation overhead
🔹 C. Better load balancing
🔹 D. Simpler scheduling algorithms
💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B
Q3. What is the primary disadvantage of hard affinity?
🔹 A. It is impossible to implement
🔹 B. It can reduce scheduling flexibility and load balancing
🔹 C. It increases cache invalidation
🔹 D. It requires more memory
💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B
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