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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-27

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Q1. What does the acronym SPOOL stand for?

🔹 A. Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line
🔹 B. Sequential Processing of Output Lines
🔹 C. System Program for Ordered Operations List
🔹 D. Standard Peripheral Output Logic

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. Why does spooling improve overall system throughput?

🔹 A. It reduces disk wear
🔹 B. It increases memory usage
🔹 C. It speeds up network traffic
🔹 D. It allows the CPU to perform computation while I/O devices work

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: D

Q3. How does spooling enable multiprogramming in early operating systems?

🔹 A. It provides a security layer
🔹 B. It decouples I/O timing from CPU execution, enabling overlapping of jobs
🔹 C. It acts as a memory allocator
🔹 D. It schedules CPU time slices

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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