Most of the following statements about interrupts and processes are

correct, but one is not. Which statement is NOT true?

Question

Most of the following statements about interrupts and processes are 
 
correct, but one is not.  Which statement is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A malicious user program could crash the system by entering 
 
an infinite loop

Answer

The operating system sets a hardware timer before giving a time slice 
 
to a user program

Answer

Even if a process goes into an infinite loop, it will be interrupted 
 
periodically and all the other processes will receive time slices 
 
which enable them to make progress

Answer

When the timer goes off, it generates an interrupt and the processor 
 
jumps from the user program to the operating system

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