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ASSIGNMENT JULY-DEC 2022

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY


ICE124: OPERATING SYSTEMS
Lecturer’s Name and Contact Details: Sinkala Henry, Mobile: 0978316789
Instructions:
Answer all Questions
1- Use the Assignment cover page provided below
2- Number your answers according to the question
3- Your answers should be typed, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman size 12.
4 – Deadline: The Assignment is due on 21st October. 2022.Assigment submitted after due date
will NOT be marked from the total marks allocated
5. Bibliography list of the books must be indicated, preferably the Harvard Reference
6. The Assignment must be subjected to Turnitin or any credible anti plagiarism tool.
7- Assignment should be uploaded to the Portal
N.B: Save the Assignment as: surname_firstname _ student #_module name_Assignment #
E.g: Bwalya John_2021212345_Operating Systems_Assignment 1

Total Marks: 15 Marks


ASSIGNMENT JULY-DEC 2022

QUESTION 1
a) Distinguish between Preemptive and Non-preemptive Scheduling (4 Marks)
b) Describe the following scheduling algorithms
• Non Pre-Emptive, First Come, First Serve
• Round Robin
• Shortest Job First (6 Marks)
c) Given the following processes and burst times
Process Burst Time
P1 10
P2 6
P3 23
P4 9
P5 31
P6 3
P7 19
Calculate the average wait time when each of the above (Q1:b) scheduling algorithms
is used? Assume that a quantum of 8ms is being used. (15 Marks)
(Total =25 Marks)
QUESTION 2
a) What is the difference between the dispatcher and the short term scheduler? (5 Marks)
b) Explain what the following commands can achieve:
i) cd.. ii) Copy Con 1 iii) MD power iv) DIR /P v) RD power. (10 Marks)
c) Explain what the producer consumer problem is? Give an example of its occurrence in
operating. (10 Marks)
(Total =25 Marks)

QUESTION 3
A set of processes is deadlocked if each process in the set is waiting for a resource that
the other process in the set is holding. Because all the processes are waiting for a
resource, none of them will ever release what they are using and they continue holding
to the resources while other processes also continue to wait for resources for forever.
Required:
a) Describe the techniques that are suitable for handling deadlocks. (12 Marks)
b) State the necessary and sufficient circumstances that would promote deadlocks to
occur. (13 Marks)
(Total =25 Marks)
QUESTION 4
a) A thread is a single sequence stream within a process. In a process, threads
allow multiple executions of streams thereby promoting multi-processing. Nevertheless,
they are not free from limitations.
i) Provide the demerits of kernel-level threads.
ii) State reasons why Operating System designers like Microsoft use threads to
design the OS. (12 Marks)
b) When a process finishes running its resources are returned to the system and it is
purged from any system lists or tables. The Process’ control block (PCB) is erased i.e.,
the PCB's memory space is returned to a free memory pool.
ASSIGNMENT JULY-DEC 2022

i) Give the reasons why a new process would terminate the process that is
currently running.
ii) With a brief explanation, provide a series of discrete process stages that a
process goes through. (13 Marks)
(Total =25 Marks)
QUESTION 5
Consider the following set of processes with their arrival and burst times as shown
Process Arrival Time Burst Time(ms)
P1 0 4
P2 1 2
P3 2 5
P4 3 4
Find the Average Waiting Time, Average Turnaround Time and Response Time using
GANTT Chart for:
a) FCFS (7 Marks)
b) SJF preemptive. (8 Marks)
c) SJF non-preemptive. (8 Marks)
d) Which algorithm will be the most appropriate, justify your answer. (2 Marks)
(Total =25 Marks)

STUDENTS’ COVER PAGE

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY


ASSIGNMENT JULY-DEC 2022

School:………………………………………………

Degree Programme:…………………………………….
Course name and Code…….……………..…………….
Assignment No.(1)

Student’s Surname: …………………………………

Student’s First name: ………………………………

Student number: .………….………………………..

Mode of Study: ………………………(FT/DL)..(your mode of study)

E-mail Address: ………………………your email

Phone Number: ………………………your number

Lecturer’s name: …………………………………..

Due Date: 21st October, 2022.

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