MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

OPERATING SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Preemption means
A
process can be paused by system
B
process cannot be halted once execution begins
C
process has high priority
D
process is short
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When a higher priority process becomes dispatchable, the kernel interrupts its computation and forces the context switch, preempting the currently running process. A process can be preempted at any time if the kernel finds that a higher-priority process is now dispatchable.

Detailed explanation-2: -In computing, preemption is the act of temporarily interrupting an executing task, with the intention of resuming it at a later time. This interrupt is done by an external scheduler with no assistance or cooperation from the task.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. The preemption doctrine refers to the idea that a higher authority of law will displace the law of a lower authority of law when the two authorities come into conflict.

Detailed explanation-4: -Preemption is temporarily interrupting an executing task and later resuming it. For example, if a process P1 is using a resource and a high priority process P2 requests for the resource, process P1 is stopped and the resources are allocated to P2.

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