In which of the following scheduling policies does context switching never…

2022

In which of the following scheduling policies does context switching never take place?

  1. A.

    Round Robin

  2. B.

    Shortest remaining time first

  3. C.

    Pre-emptive

  4. D.

    First-come-first-serve

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Correct answer: D

Answer: First-come-first-serve (FCFS) Reason: FCFS is non-preemptive. The scheduler does not forcibly remove a running process; a process runs until it completes or blocks. No context switches due to preemption: because FCFS is non-preemptive, the OS does not interrupt a running process to switch to another.

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