Answer to Question #152106 in Programming & Computer Science for Fletcher Madden

Question

One job of the scheduler is to:
A. Ensure hardware resources are kept free for when they are needed.
B. Provide acceptable response time to interactive users.
C. Ensures that one process does not accidentally access another's memory
locations.

Answer 1

The main job of the scheduler is to decide, which job to be submitted into the system and it will decide which process to run. It is of three types -

• Long-term scheduler
• Short-term scheduler
• Medium-term scheduler

So here the correct answer is option c.

One job of the scheduler is to: Ensures that one process does not accidentally access another's memory.