Exam Details

Subject Operating System
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma -VIEP-Computer Science and Engineering(DCSVI)/Advanced Level O Certificate Course In Cse (ACCSVI) B.Tech. Computer Science And Engineering (BT
Department School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives

Which of the following is not a secondary storage device?

Flash Device

HDD

Optical Disk

ROM

An Operating System is

Interface between hardware and the user

Resource manager for the system

Both and

None of the above

RAID stands for

Rapid Access to Internal Devices

Rapid Access to Input and Output Devices

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

Redundant Access of Internal Disks

The term AWK stands for

Advanced Writing Kits

Available Write Knowledge

Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan

Alfred, Webber, Keith

Which of the following is a disk scheduling technique?

FCFS

Round Robin

SJF

CSCAN

Absence of a needed page from the memory leads to a situation called

Faulty page

Missing page

Page fault

None of the above

is also known as a light weight process.

Kernel

Thread

Paging

Swapping

What is an Operating System? Why is it needed in our systems Explain its functions in detail.

What are Hand-held Operating Systems? Also differentiate between Batch Multiprogramming and Multiprocessing systems, with suitable examples.

What is a PCB? With the help of a suitable diagram, explain the process state diagram along with each of its states.

What is uniprocessor scheduling Differentiate between FCFS and SJF scheduling techniques using suitable examples.

4. Define the following terms:

Kernels

Threads

Mutual Exclusion

Micro-kernel

Differentiate between First Fit, Best Fit and Worst Fit allocation techniques.

What is fragmentation? Explain each of its types, using suitable examples.

Explain the concept of Input and Output Buffering in detail.

What is secondary storage management? Explain the concept with the help of a suitable example.

Differentiate between Intruders and Malicious Software with the help of examples.

What are trusted systems? Explain some Protection Policies and their mechanisms.

8. Write short notes on any four of the following

Real Time Operating System

Round Robin Scheduling Algorithm

Swapping

Record Blocking

Operating System Tools


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