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The document outlines the examination structure for the MCA - I Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations in Operating Systems at Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology. It includes various topics such as operating system functionalities, scheduling algorithms, memory allocation techniques, deadlock management, and system calls. The exam consists of multiple questions with options, each carrying equal marks, and requires in-depth understanding of operating systems concepts.

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The document outlines the examination structure for the MCA - I Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations in Operating Systems at Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology. It includes various topics such as operating system functionalities, scheduling algorithms, memory allocation techniques, deadlock management, and system calls. The exam consists of multiple questions with options, each carrying equal marks, and requires in-depth understanding of operating systems concepts.

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SWARNANDHRA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY R20


AUTONOMOUS
MCA – I Semester Regular & Supplementary Examinations, March - 2023
Operating Systems
(20MC1T04)

Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70

(Answer all questions - 5 X 14 = 70 marks)

1 a) “Operating system is resource manager”-Justify this statement with suitable K5 7M


functionality of OS.
b) Explain Microkernel and multithreading operating system designs with K2 7M
advantages and disadvantages.
(OR)
2 a) Explain evolution of operating systems. K2 7M
b) Explain the purpose of system calls and discuss the system calls related to K4 7M
process control and communication in brief.
3 a) Describe the differences among long-term scheduling. short-term, and medium- K2 7M
term scheduling.
b) What are the components of process control block? Explain. K1 7M

(OR)
4 a) Does preemptive scheduling give same performance as non-preemptive K3 7M
scheduling algorithm? Compare their performance by assuming at least 5
processes arrived at different time intervals
b) Demonstrate FIFO and Round Robin CPU scheduling algorithms with suitable K2 7M
example.

5 a) What is the critical section? What are the minimum requirements that should be K3 7M
satisfied by a solution to critical section problem?
b) Write and explain the solution for Reader-Writer classical synchronization K2 7M
problem using monitors.
(OR)
6 a) How characterize the structure of deadlock? Explain the two solutions of K4 7M
recovery from deadlock
b) Explain the techniques used to prevent the deadlocks. K2 7M
7 a) Explain various types of memory Allocation techniques with advantages and K2 7M
disadvantages with example.
b) Compare and contrast free space management and swap space management. K4 7M

(OR)
8 a) Define Virtual Memory. Explain the process of converting virtual addresses to K2 7M
physical addresses with a neat diagram.

b) A disk drive has 200 cylinders, numbered 0 to 199. The drive is currently serving K4 7M
a request at cylinder 53. The queue of pending requests, in FIFO order, is 98,
183, 37, 122, 14, 124, 65, 67. Starting from the current head position, what is the
total distance (in cylinders) that the disk arm moves to satisfy all the pending
requests for each of the following disk-scheduling algorithms?
i) FCFS
ii) SSTF
iii) SCAN
iv) LOOK
v) C-SCAN
vi) C-LOOK.
9 a) Discuss in detail about Linux design principles. K2 7M
b) Write about windows 7 file system. K3 7M
(OR)
10 a) Explain briefly about components of Windows 7 system. K2 7M

b) Write about LINUX inter-process communication. K3 7M

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