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A15ad Operating Systems

The document is an exam paper for an Operating Systems course. It contains two parts - Part A with short answer questions and Part B with longer answer questions. Part A contains 10 short questions on topics like time-sharing systems, memory hierarchy, context switching, scheduling techniques, resources, deadlocks, logical vs physical addresses, and disk scheduling algorithms. Part B contains 5 longer questions with sub-questions on topics like system calls, process states, concurrency, scheduling algorithms, deadlocks, disk access, paging, and file allocation methods.

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A15ad Operating Systems

The document is an exam paper for an Operating Systems course. It contains two parts - Part A with short answer questions and Part B with longer answer questions. Part A contains 10 short questions on topics like time-sharing systems, memory hierarchy, context switching, scheduling techniques, resources, deadlocks, logical vs physical addresses, and disk scheduling algorithms. Part B contains 5 longer questions with sub-questions on topics like system calls, process states, concurrency, scheduling algorithms, deadlocks, disk access, paging, and file allocation methods.

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Code No: A15AD R 14

BVRAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY , NARSAPUR


(UGC - AUTONOMOUS)
B.Tech III Year I Semester Supplementary Examinations, November 2017
OPERATING SYSTEMS
(Common to CSE & IT)
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 70
Note: This Question Paper contains two Parts A and B
Part A is compulsory which carries 20 marks. Answer all questions in Part A at one place only.
Part B Consists of 10 questions. Answer any five (one full question from each unit). Each question
carries10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.
PART – A (10x2 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Define time-sharing systems?
b) List the memory hierarchy available in operating system?
c) Describe context switching?
d) Distinguish between preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling techniques?
e) Define resource. List some resources that a process might need for its execution?
f) Describe the conditions under which a deadlock situation may arise?
g) Distinguish between logical address and physical address?
h) List various disk-scheduling algorithms?
i) Describe file system mounting?
h) Write any four file operations?
PART – B (5x10 = 50 Marks)
2. Explain how operating system services are provided by system calls? [10]
OR
3. Define process state and explain the various states of a process? [10]
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4. Explain the principles of concurrency and the execution of concurrent processes with a simple example? [10]
OR
5. State and explain the following scheduling algorithms with examples [5][5]
a. Priority b. Round Robin
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6. Define deadlock? What are the four conditions necessary for a deadlock situation to arise? How it can be
prevented? [10]
OR
7. State and explain the methods involved in recovery from deadlocks? [10]
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8. Explain the following in detail with respect to disk?
a)Seek time [3]
b) Latency [2]
c)Access time [3]
d) Transfer time [2]
OR
9. Explain paging and page table with an example. [10]
***
10. Explain in detail various file allocation methods [10]
OR
11. Discuss in detail indexed file and indexed sequential file organization? [10]
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