Applying nonpreemptive priorities improves the measures of performance in the top priority class even more than applying preemptive priorities.

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Nonpreemptive priorities do not allow a higher priority task to interrupt a lower priority task that is currently executing, which can lead to longer response times for high priority tasks compared to preemptive priorities, where higher priority tasks can immediately preempt lower priority tasks, improving performance measures for the top priority class.

Applying Nonpreemptive Priorities Improves the Measures of Performance in the Top