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Part 1: Objective Paper: Is Used For Process Switching in An Operating System

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Part 1: Objective Paper

Question 1: Fill in the blanks

_________________. is an example of a single-user, single-tasking operating system.

_________________. is an Intel processor used in server machines.

_________________. is used for process switching in an operating system.

_________________. isolates the operating system from platform-specific hardware differences.

_________________. occurs when the computer is in a constant state of paging i.e. continuous page faults
and replacement.

_________________.cache is used to speedup data access from secondary storage.

_________________.part of the Process Control Block is used to save/restore processor registers.

_________________.term is used when process is moved from main memory to virtual memory.

_________________.was the beta version of Windows 95.

_________________.was the first multitasking version of Microsoft Windows.

Booting system loads 512 bytes of disk boot sector at memory location = _________________.

Cache _________________. means data is provided from cache instead of main memory.

GPU stands for_________________..

In hard disk, MBR stands for _________________.

LPC stands for _________________..

PCB stands for_________________..

POSIX stands for_________________..

RPC stands for _________________.

The address of the first instruction executed at system power-on is IP = _________________..

The size of the address bus in Intel 8088/86 is _________________.

Question 2: Multiple Choice Questions

Computing device that is used to connect end-user with a mini-computer is known as


_________________..

Instruction ADD R1, R2, R3 will be encoded as? _________________.

Maximum memory that can be addressed in a 32-bit system is _________________..

MIPS architecture executes each non-floating point instruction in _________________.clock cycles.


Multi-user, Multi-tasking Operating System. _________________..

Operating system that is installed in a smart card can be categorized as _________________.

When Intel compatible system boots it starts working in _________________.addressing mode.

Which one is an example of minicomputer? _________________..

Which one is fastest memory? _________________.

Windows 7 is built on _________________. technology.

Zero sector containing _________________. is called boot sector.

Question 3: True and _____

Device drivers are used to translate user I/O function calls into specific hardware device I/O requests.
_____.

DMA is a specialized processor that is used to transfer data between I/O devices and memory. _____.

In MBR, partition table contains maximum 3 primary partitions. _____.

Linux is more secure than Windows. _____.

Multitasking is also known as Multiprocessing. _____.

Multitasking is also known as Multiprogramming. _____.

NTFS is less secure than FAT32. _____.

The purpose of multitasking is to increase the percentage utilization of hardware resources. _____.

The unit of data transfer from cache and main memory is calculated in Megabytes. _____.

Windows is more user friendly than UNIX or LINUX. _____.

Windows NT and Windows Vista both are examples of client operating systems. _____.
Part 2: Subjective Paper

Cache memory is invisible to programmers. How can you code to get benefits from the existence of
cache memory while accessing 2 dimensional arrays in C/C++ and MATLAB.

Describe 4 types of interrupts.

Describe the role of PC and IR in instruction fetch.

Describe the working of SIMD (single instruction – multiple data) systems with the help of block
diagrams and coding and complexity analysis of vector and matrix additions. [Not in syllabus]

Describe the working of the following components used in Microsoft Windows:

Describe working of Cache Memory with all relevant terminologies.

Draw and provide one-line description of each part in MBR structure. [Empty table of structure given].

Examples of Email Clients:

Examples of Email Servers:

Examples of Web Clients:

Examples of Web Servers:

Explain the working of DMA controller with the help of a diagram.

Explain the working of the “clock” in computing system?

How does multi-tasking improve the system performance in comparison to single tasking?

List down 4 types of instructions with example.

List down each step involved in system booting from power on to user screen.

List down the four basic elements of a computing device.

List down the names of Handheld Devices along with Operating Systems installed.

Mark T – True if applicable otherwise leave blank for False.

Provide examples of clients and servers used as hardware, software, and operating system.

Provide the description of partition naming convention (xxyN) used in UNIX/LINUX. [Not in syllabus]

Provide the list of hardware, operating systems, or software where applicable.

SVCHost: LSASS: List down the steps in LINUX/GRUB booting process.

What are the differences between Multi-processor and Multi-computer.


What are the main functions of operating system?

What do you understand by platform independence with examples?

What is an operating system?

What is multitasking?

When we use the term 32-bit or 64-bit system, what does it mean?

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