MCQ Subject: Operating Systems

Which scheduling algorithm prioritizes processes based solely on their period, assigning the highest priority to the process with the shortest period?

What is the term for when a system’s performance degrades severely due to excessive page swapping, causing the CPU to spend most of its time waiting for page swaps rather than executing instructions?

Which of the following is NOT a part of the context switching process when the CPU switches from one process to another?

In an Asymmetric Multiprocessing system, which of the following best describes the processor roles?

In Operating Systems, which of the following is a characteristic of Deadlock Prevention (as opposed to Deadlock Recovery)?

In Operating Systems, which method prevents deadlocks by ensuring that resources are allocated in a predetermined order, reducing circular wait scenarios?

Which of the following types of memory is volatile, used for program execution, and loses its data when power is off?

What is the primary purpose of Context Switching in Operating System design?

Which disk scheduling algorithm processes requests in the exact order they are received, without considering the current position of the disk head?