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This document appears to be an exam for an Operating Systems course, with questions about core OS concepts. It is divided into three parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each about functions of the OS, process states, buffering, CPU utilization, and other topics. Part B has 6 slightly longer answer questions worth 5 marks each, requiring short notes on topics like OS structure, process creation/termination, and scheduling algorithms. Part C consists of 2 essay questions worth 15 marks each, asking to explain system calls, process scheduling, deadlock detection/recovery, and segmentation in more depth.

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Operating Systems 2021

This document appears to be an exam for an Operating Systems course, with questions about core OS concepts. It is divided into three parts: Part A contains 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each about functions of the OS, process states, buffering, CPU utilization, and other topics. Part B has 6 slightly longer answer questions worth 5 marks each, requiring short notes on topics like OS structure, process creation/termination, and scheduling algorithms. Part C consists of 2 essay questions worth 15 marks each, asking to explain system calls, process scheduling, deadlock detection/recovery, and segmentation in more depth.

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QP CODE: 21100450 Reg No : .....................

21100450
Name : .....................

BCA DEGREE (CBCS)EXAMINATION, MARCH 2021


Third Semester
Bachelor of Computer Applications
Core Course - CA3CRT02 - OPERATING SYSTEMS
2017 Admission Onwards
A8B97639
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
Part A
Answer any ten questions.
Each question carries 2 marks.

1. List the functions of OS.

2. What do you mean by Dual-mode operation.

3. List the stages of process states.

4. Explain the term buffering.

5. What you mean by CPU utilization?

6. What is critical section problem?

7. What is a deadlock?

8. What is limit register?

9. What is the speciality of virtual memory?

10. What is meant by page replacement?

11. List file operations.

12. What is disk scheduling?


(10×2=20)
Part B
Answer any six questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

13. Write a short note on OS Structure.

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14. Write a short note on user operating system interface.

15. Explain process creation and process termination.

16. With an example, explain Round Robin scheduling.

17. Explain Semaphore.

18. Explain the Readers-Writers problem of synchronization.

19. How deadlock can be prevented?

20. Explain paging.

21. Explain file system structure with the help of a diagram.


(6×5=30)
Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 15 marks.

22. Explain types of system calls.

23. Explain about Process Scheduling.

24. What is deadlock detection and recovery? Explain.

25. Explain segmentation.


(2×15=30)

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