Processor Scheduling (Tutorial)

Question 1

Dispatcher

Answer 1

The dispatcher selects jobs from the ready queue and giving them to the processor. (short term)

Question 2

Swapping

Answer 2

The process from moving processes from memory to secondary memory. (medium term)

Question 3

Time Slicing

Answer 3

An approach in which each process is given a slice of time in the process

Question 4

Response Time

Answer 4

The time between the submission of a request until a response or output starts to be received.

Question 5

Turnaround Time

Answer 5

Time between the submission of the request and the completion. Time between it enters and when it leaves.

Question 6

Throughput

Answer 6

The amount of processes that can be executed by the processor per unit of time.

Question 7

CPU Utilization

Answer 7

The amount of work a cpu does to perform a specific task

Question 8

Starving

Answer 8

This occurs when a process waits for an indefinite time to get the resource it requires

Question 9

Aging