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What is Round robin scheduling primarily used for?

Difficulty: Medium

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This Medium Operating Systems question asks: What is Round robin scheduling primarily used for? The correct choice is C. A CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.

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Correct answer

C. A CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order.

Explanation

A CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order is the value that answers What is Round robin scheduling primarily used for option C Option A A user interface that allows users to interact with the operating system by issuing commands does not fit this question Option B The inefficient use of memory that occurs when free space is broken into small scattered blocks does not fit this question Option D The process of moving a process temporarily from main memory to disk to free up memory for other processes does not fit this question For this Operating Systems question the accepted.

Source: Operating Systems Official Reference Guide

Tags: computer science, operating systems, OS concepts, process management

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