Practice Scheduling Queues: Organizing The Waiting Line (2.2.1) - Process Management
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Scheduling Queues: Organizing the Waiting Line

Practice - Scheduling Queues: Organizing the Waiting Line

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of the Job Queue?

💡 Hint: Think about where processes wait before they get executed.

Question 2 Easy

What type of processes are held in the Ready Queue?

💡 Hint: These processes have already been prepared to run.

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Question 1

What processes are placed in the Device Queues?

Only I/O-bounded processes
Only CPU-bounded processes
Processes waiting for I/O operations
Processes ready to run

💡 Hint: Consider what would cause a process to stop executing.

Question 2

True or False: The Ready Queue contains processes in the 'New' state.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on the states processes pass through.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a scenario where multiple processes are waiting in the Job Queue and a sudden spike in demand causes them all to be loaded into memory. What impact could this have on system performance?

💡 Hint: Think about how many processes can be effectively managed concurrently.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a modified scheduler that addresses starvation in the Device Queues. What strategies would you implement?

💡 Hint: Focus on creating a balance in the scheduling logic to prevent indefinite delays.

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