28 28 votes A computer handles several interrupt sources of which of the following are relevant for this question.Interrupt from CPU temperature sensor (raises interrupt if CPU temperature is too high)Interrupt from Mouse (raises Interrupt if the mouse is moved or a button is pressed)Interrupt from Keyboard (raises Interrupt if a key is pressed or released)Interrupt from Hard Disk (raises Interrupt when a disk read is completed)Which one of these will be handled at the HIGHEST priority?Interrupt from Hard DiskInterrupt from MouseInterrupt from KeyboardInterrupt from CPU temperature sensor Operating System gatecse-2011 operating-system interrupts normal + – go_editor 15.5k views answer comment Share Follow Print See all 7 Comments 7 7 Comments reply Show 4 previous comments Krish_Vg commented Dec 29, 2025 reply Follow flag Ohh my rtx 3060 is getting 100 degree celcius lemme quickly fix my mouse or keyboard or hard disk.... 0 0 replyShare js__ commented Jan 20 reply Follow flag 🤣 1 1 replyShare Umesh Shelke commented Jan 22 reply Follow flag This question is printed in a small font size (only highlighted in blue.) in the GO PDF 2026. 2 2 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 85 85 votes Answer should be (D) Higher priority interrupt levels are assigned to requests which, if delayed or interrupted,could have serious consequences. Devices with high speed transfer such as magnetic disks are given high priority, and slow devices such as keyboard receive low priority. We know that mouse pointer movements are more frequent than keyboard ticks. So its obvious that its data transfer rate is higher than keyboard. Delaying a CPU temperature sensor could have serious consequences, overheat can damage CPU circuitry. From the above information we can conclude that priorities are- CPU temperature sensor > Hard Disk > Mouse > Keyboard tejas_manit answered Feb 3, 2015 • edited Jun 25, 2018 by kenzou tejas_manit comment Share Follow See all 8 Comments 8 8 Comments reply Show 5 previous comments King Suleiman commented Nov 12, 2019 reply Follow flag a simple drag of mouse from one point to other can generate huge number of pixels data to process, whereas a keyboard can generate only sequential data with very slow speed. so mouse wins here. 13 13 replyShare ammyvns commented Jan 1, 2020 reply Follow flag It seems to be Dead Lock then OS should handle this first. 0 0 replyShare Piyush_Barhate commented 6 hours ago reply Follow flag mouse will win because response time for mouse click is very fast as compare to keyboard 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
4 4 votes Answer: DThe CPU temperature sensor interrupt is the most critical because it is related to the safety of the system. If the CPU temperature exceeds safe levels, immediate action is required to prevent hardware damage, such as throttling the CPU or shutting down the system.Hard Disk, Mouse, and Keyboard interrupts are important for regular operation, but none of them involve an immediate threat to the hardware's integrity. Therefore, they are handled with lower priority compared to the CPU temperature sensor.Thus, the interrupt from the CPU temperature sensor would be handled with the highest priority. surbhi_kumari answered Oct 22, 2024 surbhi_kumari comment Share Follow 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
2 2 votes Ans is DKyuki mouse & keyboard & hard disk me interrupt hoga to bas operation perform nhi honge but CPU temprature high hoga so Condition of CPU failure zgod answered Dec 27, 2024 zgod comment Share Follow See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply zgod commented Dec 5, 2025 reply Follow flag 🐐 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
