📝 Windows Scheduling

📖 From Operating System • 6. CPU Scheduling • 69 questions available

Practice MCQs for Windows Scheduling. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-10

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Q1. What type of scheduling algorithm does Windows use for thread scheduling?

🔹 A. Round-robin scheduling

🔹 B. Priority-based, preemptive scheduling

🔹 C. First-come, first-served scheduling

🔹 D. Proportional share scheduling

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. How does the dispatcher select the next thread to run in Windows?

🔹 A. It uses a round-robin approach

🔹 B. It traverses queues from highest to lowest priority

🔹 C. It selects the thread that has been waiting the longest

🔹 D. It uses a random selection algorithm

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. What special scheduling rule does Windows have for processes in the NORMAL PRIORITY CLASS?

🔹 A. They are always preempted by higher priority threads

🔹 B. The foreground process gets a quantum boost

🔹 C. They are not subject to priority adjustment

🔹 D. They run at the same priority as real-time threads

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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