Which of the following scheduling policies cause starvation? A. FIFO B. SJF C.…

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Which of the following scheduling policies cause starvation?

A. FIFO

B. SJF

C. Priority

D. RR

  1. A.

    C, D

  2. B.

    D, A

  3. C.

    B, C

  4. D.

    A, B

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Correct answer: C

Starvation occurs when a process waits indefinitely for CPU time. FIFO and Round Robin prevent starvation through fair allocation (FCFS order or time slicing). However, Shortest Job First (SJF) can starve long processes if short jobs keep arriving. Similarly, Priority Scheduling allows low-priority processes to starve if high-priority jobs continuously arrive. Thus, SJF and Priority scheduling policies are prone to starvation.

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