In the Algorithm to Load a Job in a Single-User

question 39

Multiple Choice

In the algorithm to load a job in a single-user system, the program counter is initially set to ____.

• A) the address of the last memory location
• B) the number of instructions
• C) zero
• D) the address of the first memory location

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Definitions:

Proximal Stimulus

The stimulus registered by the sensory receptors, e.g., the pattern of light falling on the retina.

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