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Module 2: Processes & Scheduling

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Which of the following is an advantage of using threads?
(i) Increased hardware costs
(ii) Lower throughput
(iii) Efficient utilization of CPU resources
(iv) Increased memory consumption

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Answer: (iii) Efficient utilization of CPU resources

Threads are lightweight processes sharing the same address space.
Advantages: lower context-switch overhead, shared memory communication, improved throughput & CPU utilization, responsiveness. Costs actually decreased are memory and creation time, not increased. Options (i), (ii), (iv) list disadvantages which are incorrect.

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