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Advanced Operating System, M.Sc. KSOU 1st Semester (I.T.) Examination, June/July 2010 Question Paper

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KSOU, Karnataka State Open University
I Semester M.Sc. (I.T.) Examination, June/July 2010
Advanced Operating System
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 75
PART – A
Answer all questions : (12×2+1×1=25)
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1. Mention the function of OS.
2. Define a process.
3. What is multithreading ?
4. What is a Deadlock ?
5. State Banker’s Algorithm.
6. What is fragmentation ? Mention different types.
7. Define Segmentation.
8. Mention attributes of a file.
9. What is authentication ?
10. What is RPC ?
11. Mention the characteristics of Distributed processing.
12. What are separate supervisors ?
13. What are Cross line - connected systems ?
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Answer any five from the following : (5×10=50)
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1. Explain the following : 10
a) Storage hierarchy
b) Spooling
c) Time-sharing operating system.
2. Write a note on : 10
a) Process Control Block
b) Scheduling Queues
c) Multitasking
3. a) Explain different scheduling criteria. 6
b) Differentiate preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling. 4
4. a) With a diagram explain resource allocation graph. 5
b) Explain Safe State algorithm. 5
5. Explain Paging with a neat diagram. 10
6. a) What is thrashing and what is its cause ? 5
b) What is the role of page size in a paging environment ? 5
7. a) What is the need for migration ? Explain different types of Migration. 5
b) Discuss the importance of cache in distributed processing. 5
8. a) Explain Bus-Oriented Systems. 5
b) What are semaphores ? Explain how semaphores are used to implement mutual
exclusion and critical section problem. 5
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