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Consider the following set of processes with the arrival time and length of CPU Burst time given in milli-seconds (ms):

ProcessArrival TimeBurst Time
P105
P223
P322
P453
P561

What is the average waiting time for these processes with non-preemptive Shortest Job First (SJF) scheduling Algorithm?

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The correct answer is

3.2 ms

Non-preemptive SJF picks, whenever the CPU becomes free, the arrived process with the smallest burst time and runs it to completion. Waiting time = start time − arrival time (each process runs once, without interruption).

Step 1 — At t = 0 only P1 has arrived, so it runs 0–5.

Step 2 — At t = 5 the ready processes are P2 (3), P3 (2) and P4 (3): P3 runs 5–7.

Step 3 — At t = 7 the ready processes are P2 (3), P4 (3) and P5 (1): P5 runs 7–8.

Step 4 — P2 and P4 tie at 3 ms; the earlier arrival P2 runs 8–11, then P4 runs 11–14.

ProcessArrivalBurstStartFinishWaiting
P105050
P2238116
P322573
P45311146
P561781

Step 5 — \(\text{Average waiting time} = \dfrac{0+6+3+6+1}{5} = \dfrac{16}{5} = 3.2\ \text{ms}\). Breaking the tie the other way (P4 before P2) gives waits 9 and 3, the same total of 16.

3.0 ms and 2.1 ms are too small for the 16 ms of total waiting, and 4.6 ms corresponds to a total of 23 ms, which no SJF order produces here.

3.2 ms option is correct.

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