Practice - Context Switching: The Art of Multitasking
Practice Questions
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Define context switching.
💡 Hint: Think about how the OS manages multiple activities at once.
What triggers a context switch?
💡 Hint: Consider events that might require the OS to pause a process.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does context switching allow in an operating system?
💡 Hint: Remember the purpose of context switching.
True or False: Context switching does not involve any resource loss.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when the CPU switches processes.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a scenario with a system experiencing high context switching overhead. What factors contribute to this issue, and how might it be mitigated?
💡 Hint: Consider what can be optimized in resource usage.
Design an experiment to compare the performance of two systems: one with frequent context switching and one with optimized context switching. What metrics would you use to evaluate their performance?
💡 Hint: Think about the crucial performance indicators in a multi-tasking environment.
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