Practice - Saving Processor Context
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Practice Questions
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What is an interrupt in a computer system?
💡 Hint: Hint: Think about when the computer needs to pay attention to an external event, like clicking a mouse.
What does the program counter do?
💡 Hint: Hint: Remember it as the guide for which instruction to fetch next.
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What is the purpose of an interrupt?
💡 Hint: Think about when your device alerts you about an important task.
True or False: The PSW does not need to be saved during an interrupt.
💡 Hint: Remember the role of PSW in maintaining computation state.
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Explain how modern operating systems manage context switching with competing processes.
💡 Hint: Consider how scheduling policies affect context management.
Design a simple state machine to represent the context switching of an I/O interrupt. What states would you include?
💡 Hint: Think about the sequence of steps taken by the CPU during an interrupt.
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