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🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-05

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Q1. A CPU-bound process is one that:

🔹 A. Spends more time doing I/O than computations

🔹 B. Generates I/O requests frequently

🔹 C. Generates I/O requests infrequently and uses more time doing computations

🔹 D. Never performs computations

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: C

Q2. If the short-term scheduler takes 10 milliseconds to decide to execute a process for 100 milliseconds, what percentage of CPU time is wasted on scheduling?

🔹 A. 9 percent

🔹 B. 10 percent

🔹 C. 1 percent

🔹 D. 90 percent

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: A

Q3. What is the primary responsibility of the short-term scheduler?

🔹 A. To load processes into memory

🔹 B. To select a process from the ready queue and allocate the CPU

🔹 C. To swap processes in and out of memory

🔹 D. To control the degree of multiprogramming

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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