What is dispatch latency?

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What is dispatch latency?

A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

B. The whole time taken by all processor

C. The time taken by the processor to write a file into disk

D. None of Above

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B. the page is found in the memory

C. the Segmentation starts

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A. segmentation

B. Aging

C. Paging

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C. independent

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C. identifiers

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B. System configuration

C. Power on self test (POST)

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A. NTFS

B. EFS

C. FEFS

D. EFFS

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SRM stands for

A. Security Resource Manager

B. Secret Resource Manager

C. Security Reference Monitor

D. Security Reference Manual

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A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one process and start another

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