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Which of the following is not an advantage of multiprogramming?

A. increased throughput

B. shorter response time

C. decreased operating-system overhead

D. ability to assign priorities to jobs

E. None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

It is much cheaper to buy a simple single processor system than a multiprocessor system. There are multiple processors in a multiprocessor system that share peripherals, memory etc. So, it is much more complicated to schedule processes and impart resources to processes.

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