What is the Convoy Effect observed in the FCFS scheduling algorithm?

Answer: C. All the processes wait for the one big process to get off the CPU — Convoy Effect refers to the situation where all other processes wait for one big process to release the CPU in FCFS scheduling.

1. A.

   All the processes under execution finish at the same time

2. B.

   The process with the smallest burst time is made to wait by the process with the largest burst time

3. C.

   All the processes wait for the one big process to get off the CPU

4. D.

   None of the above

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