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This document outlines an operating systems assignment for 5 units. It provides questions at different cognitive levels to assess student understanding of key operating system concepts. The questions are mapped to specific course outcomes. Unit 1 focuses on defining operating systems and their goals and evolution. Unit 2 covers processes, process control blocks, and context switching. Unit 3 discusses memory management techniques. Unit 4 examines critical section problems, semaphores, and deadlocks. Unit 5 is about file systems, access methods, protection, and disk scheduling algorithms.

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OS Assignment Questions

This document outlines an operating systems assignment for 5 units. It provides questions at different cognitive levels to assess student understanding of key operating system concepts. The questions are mapped to specific course outcomes. Unit 1 focuses on defining operating systems and their goals and evolution. Unit 2 covers processes, process control blocks, and context switching. Unit 3 discusses memory management techniques. Unit 4 examines critical section problems, semaphores, and deadlocks. Unit 5 is about file systems, access methods, protection, and disk scheduling algorithms.

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PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Operating Systems Assignment Questions


UNIT-1
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Define Operating Systems. Explain the goals of Operating Understanding
systems

2. Outline the evolution of operating Systems Understanding

Level 2
1. Outline the types System calls Understanding
CO1

2. List the functions of Operating Systems Remembering

Level 3
1. Explain the layered approach of operating system and its Understanding
advantages

2. Explain the dual mode operation of operating system Understanding


PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

UNIT-2
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Define a process. With a neat diagram explain about
Understanding
process state diagram.

2. Explain the components of Process control Block. Understanding

Level 2
Understanding CO2
1. Explain regarding Context Switch in detail

2. Describe the characteristics of Schedulers Understanding


Level 3
Apply
1. Interpret the operational mechanism of Multithreading
models
2. Explain mechanisms of FCFS , SJF, Round Robbin CPU
Apply
Scheduling algorithms with suitable example.
PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
UNIT-3
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Discuss the Swapping of two processes using a disk as a Understanding
backing store

2. Explain the role of First fit, Best fit and worst fit techniques
Understanding
for efficient memory management
Level 2
Applying
1. Interpret the Paging technique with suitable example CO3
2. Explain the technique used to implement Virtual memory
Understanding
concept
Level 3
1. Explain the demand paging strategy to handle page faults Understanding
with suitable example
2. Illustrate the page replacement algorithms with suitable
Applying
example

UNIT-4
Question Blooms CO
PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Explain the Critical section Problem
Understanding

2. Discuss the Peterson’s solution for the Critical section


Understanding
Problem
Level 2
Applying
1. Illustrate the mechanisms of deadlock prevention
CO4

2.Explain the functionality of Semaphores Understanding

Level 3
1. How to check if deadlock has occurred in an Operating Understanding
System?

2.Interpret the techniques involved to recover from deadlocks Applying

UNIT-5
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
PRAGATI ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Autonomous)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Level 1
1. Explain the different file attributes Understanding

2. Discuss the various access methods from a file system Understanding


Level 2
Understanding
1. Explain the access control features of an operating system
for its protection CO5

Understanding
2. Discuss the allocation methods for file system
implementation
Level 3
1. Demonstrate how disk scheduling algorithms are Apply
implemented
Understanding
2. Write short notes on magnetic disks and magnetic tapes

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