UGC NET CSE | November 2017 | Part 2 | Question: 39

Question

Which module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term schedular?

• A. Dispatcher
• B. Interrupt
• C. Schedular
• D. Threading

Comments

Option A is correct.

Answer 1

from OS Galvin..

Answer 2

Dispatcher is the module that gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler. It receives control in kernel mode as the result of an interrupt or system call.

answer : option 1

Answer 3

Dispatcher is responsible for handovering the control of CPU to the newly selected process by the Short-term scheduler.

Hence option A is correct.