Registration No.
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PNR No:: DEC507449
COURSE CODE : DECAP560
COURSE NAME : OPERATING SYSTEM
Time Allowed: 03:00 hrs Max.Marks: 80
1. This question paper is divided into two parts A and B.
2. Answer all the questions in serial order.
3. Part A contains 10 questions of 2 marks each. All questions are compulsory.
4. Part B contains 10 questions (Questions 2 to 11) of 10 marks each, attempt any 06 questions out of
10. Attempt all parts of the selected question. Only first 06 attempted questions would be evaluated.
5. The student is required to attempt the question paper in English medium only.
6. Simple non programmable calculator is allowed.
PART A
Q1(a) What is system call?
(b) What is the difference between process and thread?
(c) Differentiate between Fixed-sized and variable-sized messages with example.
(d) Define Multi-threading.
(e) What is Race condition?
(f) Define process synchronization process.
(g) Define memory management.
(h) Define swapping in memory-management.
(i) Explain overlaying.
(j) Explain Data Stripping.
PART B
Q2 Which mechanism in used in which one segment could belong to the address space of
two different processes. Give example.
Q3 Explain in detail sap space management.
Q4 How could an operating system that can disable interrupts implement semaphores?
Q5 There are several design goals in building an operating system, for example, resource
utilization, timeliness, robustness, and so on. Give an example of two design goals that may
contradict one another.
Q6 What are the various methods of deadlock prevention?
Q7 Explain the concept of serializability in detail.
Q8 Explain in detail Multilevel Feedback Queue scheduling with example.
Q9 What is the difference between user level and Kernal level threads? Explain in detail.
Q10 What is critical section problem? Give its solution.
Q11 What is scheduling Queue? explain its types with diagram.
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