GATE 2025 CSE & IT Q29

Question

Suppose in a multiprogramming environment, the following C program segment is executed. A process goes into I/O queue whenever an I/O related operation is performed. Assume that there will always be a context switch whenever a process requests for an I/O, and also whenever the process returns from an I/O. The number of times the process will enter the ready queue during its lifetime (not counting the time the process enters the ready queue when it is run initially) is ______. (Answer in integer)

int main()
{
int x=0,i=0;
scanf("%d",&x);
for(i=0; i<20; i++)
{
x = x+20;
printf("%d
",x);
}
return 0;
}

Accepted Answer

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