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Suppose you have opened a file for reading that has a lot of text. Now you call the
system call read() to read its content, with a buffer size of 100. What will the read()
function return?

100

String of length 100

Anything between 0 and 100

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The function of the accumulator register in Intel X86 is as follows:

Performing ALU operations and storing the results.

Performing memory read/write operations.

Deciding if the outcomes of ALU operations for the sake of making appropriate jumps and / or
returns.

None of the options.

Suppose you call the write() system call to write "ABCD" to an empty file and then
immediately a different program reads the same file. What is the expected
behavior?

(A) It will read "ABCD"

(B) It will find the file empty

(C) It will get an error

(D) Either (A) or (B)

How does our system deal with paging and segmentation where it is in real-mode?

Using a smaller page table and segmentation register

Using a smaller page table, but without using segmentation register

Does not use page table, but uses segmentation register

None of the options

What is the output of the following program?

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Which of the following problems does round robin scheduling suffer from?

starvation

lack of adaptation to workload

priority inversion

none of the options

Suppose you try to boot your computer without a RAM? At what stage will this
problem be flagged?

real-mode operation

extended-mode operation

Loading of GRUB

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Suppose you want to write exactly 100 bytes to disk using write system call. Which
of the following calls to write would lead to the fastest write?

Buffer size of 1, with O_SYNC flag

Buffer size of 100, with no additional flags

Buffer size of 1, with no additional flags

Buffer size of 50, with O_SYNC flag

Suppose you have a global variable x initialized to 0. You create a total of three
threads, each of which increment the value of x by 1. What will be the value of x at
the end of the program?

Any one among 1, 2 or 3.

Which of the following tasks is not supported by a general purpose computer?

Soft real-time tasks

Interactive tasks

Hard real-time tasks

Soft real-time, Interactive and Hard real-time tasks are supported

Fork(), pthread_create() and vfork() differ in the following ways:

Vfork() does a lazy copy while fork() creates copies of all program memories – code, stack,
data, BSS, heap and RODATA.

pthread_create() and vfork() do a lazy copy while fork() creates copies of all program memories
– code, stack, data, BSS, heap and RODATA.

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Both vfork() and fork() do the same thing. Pthread_create() however is different, in that it is
used for thread creation.

None of the options

Which of the following is true about the `init’ process.

It is a kernel thread.

It is a background process (zombie) and no PCB is allocated for it.

It does not have any PID, as it is a kernel thread, which anyways do not have PIDs associated.

It does not itself handle any signals, but allows child processes to do so.

Which of the following is NOT true about most process scheduling schemes:

✓ May take into consideration potential race conditions.

✓ Takes into consideration blocking system calls.

The task scheduler also needs to take care of process memory allocation, so as to improve
✓
task scheduling efficiency, upon process creation.

Usually makes use of process priorities to allocate appropriate timeslices to various processes.

None of the options

FIFOs differ from sockets in the following ways:

FIFOs work through message passing schemes while sockets communicate via byte streams.

Read and write to a FIFO cannot be pre-empted as it involves pre-empting and context
switching two processes, unlike the case of sockets where the messages are queued.

Bytes are queued in a FIFO, unlike that in a socket, where unread messages are lost.

Because Bytes are queued in a FIFO, unlike that in a socket, where unread messages are lost.
FIFOs cannot be used for real time communication, while sockets can.

None of the options

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Which of the following cannot be used while modifying or adding code to the Linux
kernel?

C data types

structure

Library function

Macros

What of the following is one of the disadvantages of having a monolithic kernel, like
Linux?

Slow performance

Requires assembly programming

Lack of support for isolation of execution among modules

Unsuitable for embedded systems

Suppose a new Intel processor adds an additional opcode which the Linux kernel
wants to use. How would it be able to use it?

Using a C statement

Using a system call

Using inline assembly

Cannot use it until compiler supports

Suppose you have an array of size 10. You try to access position 15 in C. What
behavior do you expect?

Segmentation fault

Return of garbage value

Process would abort

Either Segmentation fault or return of garbage value

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Which of the following system calls returns control from the function only in case of
failure?

Fork

Clone

Exec

Wait

Suppose you want to run a (a) 32-bit executable program on a 64-bit Intel
processor, and (b) a 64-bit executable program on a 32-bit Intel processor. Which
of the following is correct, without using any simulator or emulator?

Both (a) and (b) are impossible

(a) is possible, but (b) is impossible

(a) is impossible, but (b) is possible

Both (a) and (b) are possible

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