Practice - Context Switching
Practice Questions
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What is context switching used for in an operating system?
💡 Hint: Think about multitasking.
Name one key characteristic of context switching.
💡 Hint: What do we want for real-time applications?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is context switching?
💡 Hint: Think of a scenario where multiple tasks run on a CPU.
True or False: Context switching can negatively affect system performance if done too frequently.
💡 Hint: What happens to the CPU cycles during context switching?
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Challenge Problems
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Design a context switching mechanism that prioritizes tasks based on urgency and provides a justification for each design choice.
💡 Hint: Consider how task urgency affects overall system responsiveness.
Evaluate the impact of context switching on an application with a high number of low-priority tasks mixed with a few high-priority tasks. What could be the consequences?
💡 Hint: Analyze the efficiency vs. responsiveness balance.
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