Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1) In most interactive operating systems adequate response time is the critical requirement.
2) One problem with a pure priority scheduling scheme is that lower-priority processes may suffer starvation.
3) FCFS performs much better for short processes than long ones.
4) Round robin is particularly effective in a general purpose time sharing system or transaction processing system.
5) The objective of a fair-share scheduler is to monitor usage to give fewer resources to users who have had more than their fair share, and more to those who have had less than their fair share.


1) T
2) T
3) F
4) T
5) T

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