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9D55105 Operating Systems

This document provides information about an exam for an Operating Systems course, including embedded systems. It lists 8 questions that students can choose 5 from to answer. The questions cover a range of topics related to operating systems like OS services, queues and performance, memory management, I/O management, distributed systems, security, error recovery, file systems, process management, and the structure of various operating systems.

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9D55105 Operating Systems

This document provides information about an exam for an Operating Systems course, including embedded systems. It lists 8 questions that students can choose 5 from to answer. The questions cover a range of topics related to operating systems like OS services, queues and performance, memory management, I/O management, distributed systems, security, error recovery, file systems, process management, and the structure of various operating systems.

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Code: 9D55105

M.Tech I Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations February 2016


OPERATING SYSTEMS
(Embedded Systems)
(For students admitted in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 only)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60


Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1 (a) What are the set of operating system services provides functions that are helpful to the user?
(b) List and explain the different types of operating systems.

2 (a) How length and size of the various ready and waiting queues shows their impact on operating
system performance?
(b) Show how to implement the wait () and signal () semaphore operations in multiprocessor
environments using test and set () instruction. The solution should exhibit minimal busy wait.

3 (a) Derive a formula for optimal page size.


(b) Draw and explain the role of TLB in memory management.

4 (a) If 011011011110000 is bit map of a disk, then calculate the free space of the disk 2M if disk
employing each block of size 1 MB.
(b) It has been suggested that the first part of each UNIX file kept in the same disk block as its I-node?
What good would this do?

5 (a) Explain how I/O is managed in distributed operating system.


(b) Write short notes on the following:
(i) MAP.
(ii) TOP.
(iii) TCP/IP.
(iv) GOSIP.

6 (a) Discuss about threat monitoring in operating system.


(b) Give a brief note on error recovery in operating system.

7 (a) Briefly explain the file system in UNIX.


(b) Explain the terms UNIX shell, Kernel, OS/2.

8 (a) Explain about process management in distributed UNIX.


(b) Give a brief note on MS-DOS operating systems structure.

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