A disadvantage of preemptive scheduling is ________.

a) increased overhead
b) the possibility that a process can monopolize the system while executing an infinite loop
c) that short processes can experience lengthy service delays while longer processes complete
d) both a and b


a) increased overhead

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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