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21F00201 Operating Systems

The document outlines the MCA II Semester Supplementary Examinations for Operating Systems, detailing the structure of the exam, including time, maximum marks, and the requirement to answer all questions. It includes various topics such as operating system goals, dual mode operation, process states, scheduling algorithms, memory allocation, deadlock prevention, and security defenses. Each question is designed to assess the understanding of key concepts in operating systems for students admitted in 2021.

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21F00201 Operating Systems

The document outlines the MCA II Semester Supplementary Examinations for Operating Systems, detailing the structure of the exam, including time, maximum marks, and the requirement to answer all questions. It includes various topics such as operating system goals, dual mode operation, process states, scheduling algorithms, memory allocation, deadlock prevention, and security defenses. Each question is designed to assess the understanding of key concepts in operating systems for students admitted in 2021.

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Code: 21F00201

MCA II Semester Supplementary Examinations March 2023


OPERATING SYSTEMS
(For students admitted in 2021 only)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60


Answer all the questions
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1 (a) Explain operating system goals from user's view and system's view. List various services of 6M
Operating System.
(b) Explain about the dual mode operation in OS with a neat block diagram. 6M
OR
2 (a) Discuss the services provided by the operating system for efficient system operation. 5M
(b) “Operating system is resource manager”-Justify this statement with suitable functionality of 7M
OS.

3 (a) Discuss the transitional changes in process states diagram when blocked suspended and 6M
ready suspended states are included.
(b) Write and explain the solution for Reader-Writer classical synchronization problem using 6M
monitors.
OR
4 (a) Assume the following workload in a system: 7M
Process Arrival Time Burst Time
P1 5 5
P2 4 6
P3 3 7
P4 1 9
P5 2 2
P6 6 3
Draw a Gantt chart illustrating the execution of these jobs using Round robin scheduling
algorithm and calculate the average waiting time and average turnaround time.
(b) Explain the concept of multiprocessor and Multicore organization and What are the major 5M
activities of an operating system about file management?

5 (a) Write about the following with respect to contiguous memory allocation: 6M
(i) Memory Mapping and protection. (ii) Memory Allocation. (iii) Fragmentation.
(b) With suitable reference string explain various implementation types of LRU page 6M
replacement algorithms.
OR
6 (a) Consider the page reference string 1,2,3,4,5,3,4,1,6,7,8,7,8,9,7,8,9,5,4,5,4,2 With Five 6M
Frames. How many page faults would occur for the FIFO, Optimal page replacement
algorithms?
(b) Discuss clearly about the following: (i) Structure of page table. (ii) LFU Page replacement 6M
algorithm

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7 (a) Explain the techniques used to prevent the deadlocks. 6M


(b) Discuss the different file allocation methods with suitable example. 6M
OR
8 (a) How does deadlock avoidance differ from deadlock prevention? Write about deadlock 6M
avoidance algorithm in detail.
(b) Compare and contrast free space management and swap space management. 6M

9 (a) Describe the implementation of Security defences. 6M


(b) Explain the following: (i) Program threat. (ii) System and Network Threat. 6M
OR
10 (a) How can you provide security to the system using cryptography concepts? 6M
(b) What are the goals, principles, and domain of protection, explain? 6M

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