The                  can be turned off by the CPU before the execution of critical instruction sequences that must not be interrupted.

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• The                    determines the cause of the interrupt, performs the necessary processing and executes a return from the interrupt instruction to return the CPU to the execution state prior to the interrupt.
• Which scheduling algorithm allocates the CPU first to the process that requests the CPU first?
• CPU fetches the instruction from memory according to the value of                          
• When a page fault occurs, the state of the interrupted process is                          
• If a process is executing in its critical section, then no other processes can be executing in their critical section. This condition is called?
• If the process can be moved during its execution from one memory segment to another, then binding must be                          
• The disadvantage of a process being allocated all its resources before beginning its execution is                          
• Orders are processed in the sequence they arrive if                rule sequences the jobs.
• If we preempt a resource from a process, the process cannot continue with its normal execution and it must be                          
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