Operating System (OS)
What scheduling algorithm allows processes that are logical runnable to be temporarily suspended?

None of these
non-preemptive scheduling
preemptive scheduling
FCFS
FIFO

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Operating System (OS)
The disadvantages of "Compile and Go" loading scheme is (are):

it is very difficult to handle multiple segments, especially if the source programs are in different languages, and to produce orderly modular programs.
it is necessary to retranslate the user's program deck every time it is run.
a portion of memory is wasted because the core occupied by the assembler is unavailable to the object program.
None of these
All of these

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Operating System (OS)
Which of the following statements is not true about the FORTRAN language?

FORTRAN is a high level language
All of these
A FORTRAN program, written for the IBM-PC, is totally different from a FORTRAN program written for execution on the SUN machine
FORTRAN is extensively used to write programs for performing scientific computations
None of these

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Operating System (OS)
What is the method of handling deadlocks?

Allow the system to enter the deadlock state and then recover
All of these
Use a protocol to ensure that the system will never enter a deadlock state
Pretend that deadlocks never occur in the system

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