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This document contains a mid-term exam for an operating systems course. It has 4 questions worth a total of 25 marks. Question 1 asks about system calls, context switching between processes, and differences between user-level and kernel-level threads. Question 2 asks about process structures like the stack, heap, and shared memory and to draw a diagram. Question 3 provides a round-robin scheduling problem. Question 4 asks about the differences between multi-threading and multi-processing. The exam is timed for 90 minutes.

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Good Luck!: University of Gujrat

This document contains a mid-term exam for an operating systems course. It has 4 questions worth a total of 25 marks. Question 1 asks about system calls, context switching between processes, and differences between user-level and kernel-level threads. Question 2 asks about process structures like the stack, heap, and shared memory and to draw a diagram. Question 3 provides a round-robin scheduling problem. Question 4 asks about the differences between multi-threading and multi-processing. The exam is timed for 90 minutes.

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UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

Mid-Term Exam spring-2020


Course Title: operating system Time allowed: 90 minutes
Course code: SE-205 Maximum Marks: 25
Roll No: _____________

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Question # 1 Attempt the following Questions: (3*2=6)

I. What is the purpose of a system call?


II. Describe the action taken by a kernel to switch the context between processes.
III. What are two differences between user-level threads and kernel-level threads? Under what
circumstances is one type better than the other?

Question # 2
When a process creates a new process using the fork () operation. What are the following
terms describes? Also draw the label diagram of the structure of a process.
a. Stack
b. Heap
c. Shared memory segments (5)

Question # 3 Processes p1 ,p2,p3,p5,p6 Arrives in the memory with burst time 7,4,6,5,25 . (9)

1. Draw the Gant chart according to the ROUND ROBIN Scheduling with the time Quantum=4.
2. Find waiting time and Average waiting time of each process.
3. Also find the completion and Average completion time.

Question # 4 Difference between Multi-threading and Multi-processing (5)

GOOD LUCK!
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