Btech It 4 Sem Operating Systems 77539 Dec 2020

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Roll No. Total No.

of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 09
B.Tech. (Information Technology) (2018 Batch) (Sem.–4)
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Subject Code : BTIT-402-18
M.Code : 77539
Time : 3 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INST RUCT IONS T O CANDIDAT ES :


1. SECTION-A is COMPULSORY cons is ting of TEN questions carrying TWO marks
each.
2. SECTION-B c ontains FIVE questions c arrying FIVE marks eac h and s tudents
have to atte mpt any FOUR ques tions.
3. SECTION-C contains THREE questions carrying TEN marks e ach and s tudents
have to atte mpt any TWO questions.

SECTION-A

Q1 Write briefly :

a) Differentiate between hard real time and soft real time system.

b) Explain in brief about Multiprogramming systems.

c) What is meant by the state of the process?

d) Explain the term Race Conditions in reference to Inter-process communication.

e) What do you mean by Mutual Exclusion? Why mutual exclusion is required?

f) Explain the difference between logical and physical addresses.

g) Differentiate between internal and external fragmentation.

h) What are the methods for handling deadlocks?

i) Define Seek Time and Rotational Latency.

j) How free-space is managed using bit vector implementation? List its advantages.

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SECTION-B
Q2 Explain in details about following types of OS :
a) Time Sharing System (2.5)
b) Parallel System (2.5)
Q3 Explain the following terms in detail in reference to process scheduling :
a) Types of schedulers (2.5)
b) Multiprocessor scheduling (2.5)
Q4 Define the term Deadlock. Explain deadlock prevention in detail. (5)
Q5 Write a detailed note on Paging scheme of memory management. (5)
Q6 Write a detailed note on Direct Memory Access. (5)

SECTION-C
Q7 a) Write a brief note on threads. (5)
b) Explain the Contiguous and Linked File allocation Methods in detail. (5)
Q8 Explain the following terms related to Inter-Process Communication :
a) Peterson’s Solution (5)

b) Semaphores (5)
Q9 What is the need of Page replacement? Consider the following reference string :
7, 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 7, 0, 1
Find the number of Page Faults with FIFO, Optimal Page replacement and LRU with three
free frames which are empty initially. Which algorithm gives the minimum number of page
faults? (10)

NOTE : Disclosure of Identity by writing Mobile No. or Making of passing request on any
page of Answer Sheet will lead to UMC against the Student.

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