1.1) A process is a set of actions that can be taken in order to achieve a certain end. 1.3.1)It is the programe that manages all the other programs on the computer. 1.3.2) A kernel is a part of the operating system.It manages the tasks of the computer and its hardware. 1.3.3)It determines how to move processes between the ready and run ques which can only have one entry per processoe core. 1.3.4)It is a technique for coordinating when multiple processes compete fthe the same operating system rescources
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passively manage my portfolio for a number of reasons. The first reason was in order to minimize trading costs and therefore increase overall real return of my portfolio. The second reason was that finding mispriced securities is a hard task to undertake, and therefore would increase the volatility of your returns. Since I don’t have previous trading experience, I would be taking a risk by trying to outperform the market. For that reason, I decided to passively hold the indexed portfolio. My third reason
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regarding the market portfolio? A) It includes all publicly traded financial assets. B) It lies on the efficient frontier. C) All securities in the market portfolio are held in proportion to their market values. D) It is the tangency point between the capital market line and the indifference curve. E) All of the above are true. Feedback: D – The market portfolio includes all publicly traded financial assets, lies on the efficient frontier, and all securities in the market portfolio are held in proportion
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The Portfolio Theory also known as Modern Portfolio Theory was first developed by Harry Markowitz. He had introduced the theory in his paper ‘Portfolio Selection’ which was published in the Journal of Finance in 1952. In 1990, he along with Merton Miller and William Sharpe won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for the Theory. The theory suggests a hypothesis on the basis of which, expected return on a portfolio for a given amount of portfolio risk is attempted to be maximized or alternately the
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| |2) |when the page is in the memory | |3) |when the process enters the blocked state | |4) |when the process is in the ready state | | |Correct Answer: when the page is not| | | |in the memory [hide]
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hand. In her area there is not much they can do to improve because they just do the processing it would be hard for them to come up with anything. One example she gives is “we will process 9,500 pages in the next year.” This is an impossible objective because they cannot put a number on how many pages they will process. A key performance area Jane could focus on is that the employees are sure they are paying attention. If an employee hits a wrong button then they could mess up a whole lot of papers
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IT460 Unit 4 Assignment Dwayne M Sullivan Kaplan University Context Level Diagram This context diagram shows the scope and boundaries of the Training Information Management System. In this diagram, we see that the central process, which is the TIMS, will interact with six entities, which include the corporate client, the training administrator, the instructor, the student, the course, and the accounting system. Moreover, the interaction among these entities will involve six different data
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been involved with that process on the job or in other settings. How might teamwork (or lack of it) affect an office setting? 1--2--3--4--5--6 9. Due to student needs and staff schedules, your daily schedule will change occasionally to help in meeting those needs. Comment on your flexibility with time and any expectations you might have. 1--2--3--4--5--6 Closing 10. Do you have any questions of us about this position? THANK YOU! (Describe remaining process.) Total score:
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| CSC 302- Principles of Operating Systems | Assignment on Multithreading | | | Stephen Nyabuti – 12S01ABT023 | Feb 2013 | 1. How multithreading works in a server Multithreading occurs when a process executing an application, is divided into threads that can run concurrently. Multithreading is useful for applications that perform a number of essentially independent tasks that do not need to be serialized. When a multithreaded application is active in a server, the events that
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CPU and I/O Burst Cycle * The execution of a process consists of a cycle of CPU execution and I/O wait. * A process begins with a CPU burst, followed by an I/O burst, followed by another CPU burst and so on. The last CPU burst will end will a system request to terminate the execution. * The CPU burst durations vary from process to process and computer to computer. * An I/O bound program has many very short CPU bursts. * A CPU bound program might have a few very long
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