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Which of the following devices should get higher priority in assigning interrupts?

  1. Hard disk
  2. Printer
  3. Keyboard
  4. Floppy disk
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It should be a Hard disk. I don't think there is a rule like that. But hard disk makes sense compared to others here. 

http://www.ibm1130.net/functional/IOInterrupts.html

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Answer: (A)

Devices with high speed get more priority in assigning interrupts.

Here is the explanation taken from Morris Mano:

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Hard disk should be given higher priority as all user programs and OS are stored in here.
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Devices with high speed transfer such as Hard disk (according to given options it has high speed among all) are given high priority, and slow devices such as keyboard receive low priority.

So, clearly Hard disk is answer. Option (A).

Check the similar one:

https://gateoverflow.in/2113/gate2011-11

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