If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be___________ and the Short term Scheduler will have a___________ to do.
A)full, little
B)full, lot
C)empty, little
D)empty, lot

Question

If all processes I/O bound, the ready queue will almost always be___________  and the Short term Scheduler will have a___________  to do.
A)full, little
B)full, lot
C)empty, little
D)empty, lot

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When all processes are I/O bound, they spend most of their time waiting for I/O operations to complete, which means they are less frequently ready for CPU processing. Therefore, the ready queue, where processes wait for the CPU, will almost always be empty, and the Short term Scheduler, which selects processes from the ready queue for execution, will have little to do.

If All Processes I/O Bound, the Ready Queue Will Almost