{"id":15412,"date":"2024-04-15T04:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=15412"},"modified":"2024-04-15T04:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T04:47:27","slug":"the-main-function-of-the-dispatcher-the-portion-of-the-process-scheduler-is-a-swapping-a-process-to-the-disk-b-assigning-ready-process-to-the-cpu-c-suspending-some-of-the-processes-when-the-cpu-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-main-function-of-the-dispatcher-the-portion-of-the-process-scheduler-is-a-swapping-a-process-to-the-disk-b-assigning-ready-process-to-the-cpu-c-suspending-some-of-the-processes-when-the-cpu-l\/","title":{"rendered":"The main function of the dispatcher (the portion of the process scheduler) is A. swapping a process to the disk B. assigning ready process to the CPU C. suspending some of the processes when the CPU load is high D. bring processes from the disk to the main memory E. 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