ISRO | ISRO CS 2020 | Question 42

Dispatch latency is defined as
(A) the speed of dispatching a process from running to the ready state
(B) the time of dispatching a process from running to ready state and keeping the CPU idle
(C) the time to stop one process and start running another one
(D) none of these


Answer: (C)

Explanation: The term dispatch latency describes the amount of time it takes for a system to respond to a request for a process to begin operation.

Dispatcher is used to transit the process from ready state to running state.

Option (C) is correct.

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