Practice First-come, First-served (fcfs) Scheduling (2.3.1) - Process Management
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First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) Scheduling

Practice - First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) Scheduling

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does FCFS stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about the importance of arrival order.

Question 2 Easy

Is FCFS a preemptive or non-preemptive scheduling algorithm?

💡 Hint: Remember, once a process gets the CPU, it cannot be interrupted.

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Question 1

What does FCFS stand for?

First-Come
First-Served
First-Character
First-Served
Fast-Compute
First-Served

💡 Hint: Consider the order of arrival in the context.

Question 2

True or False: FCFS is a preemptive scheduling algorithm.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how processes are handled once they start.

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Challenge 1 Hard

A system has the following burst times for its processes: P1 = 10, P2 = 1, P3 = 2, P4 = 1. Calculate the waiting time for each process and the average waiting time.

💡 Hint: Order the processes by arrival time, then sum the waiting times.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the implications of using FCFS in a real-time system. What issues could arise?

💡 Hint: Consider the nature of real-time tasks and the need for prioritization.

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