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END TERM EXAM OS L6

The document outlines a summative assessment for the Koshin Technical Training Institute's Computer Science Level 6 qualification, focusing on understanding operating systems. It includes instructions for candidates, a series of written questions divided into five sections covering various topics related to operating systems, memory management, and I/O device management. Candidates are required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through detailed responses within a two-hour timeframe.

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END TERM EXAM OS L6

The document outlines a summative assessment for the Koshin Technical Training Institute's Computer Science Level 6 qualification, focusing on understanding operating systems. It includes instructions for candidates, a series of written questions divided into five sections covering various topics related to operating systems, memory management, and I/O device management. Candidates are required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through detailed responses within a two-hour timeframe.

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KOSHIN TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Unit(s) of UNDERSTAND OPERATING


Unit Code: IT/OS/ICT/CR/01/6
competency: SYSTEM

Qualifica
COMPUTER SCIENCE LEVEL 6
tion:

Qualification Code:

CANDIDATE INSTRUCTIONS

This assessment requires you to demonstrate competence against unit of competency:


UNDERSTAND OPERATING SYSTEM
In this assessment, you will be required to answer written questions

WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

Instructions:

i. You have one (2) hour to answer all the questions.


ii. You are provided with a separate answer booklet.
iii. Provide all the candidate personal information, include the Date and signature.
iv. Do not write on the question paper
v. Marks for each question are indicated in the brackets [ ]

SECTION A ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS


SECTION
Question One (40 Marks)
a). Define the following terms as applied to the operating systems.
i) Through put ii) Turnaround time. (4 marks)
b). Describe the two general roles of an operating system. (4 marks)
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iii) Waiting time iv). Response time: (2 marks)
c) . How does buffering improve the performance of a computer system? (3 marks)
d). Explain four (4) conditions of dead lock. (4 marks)
e) Contrast between static partition specification and dynamic partition specification in
memory management (4marks)
f) What is the relationship between threads and processes? (3 marks)
g) Assuming the operating system detects the system is deadlocked, what can the operating
system do to recover from the deadlock? (3 marks)
h) With the aid of a diagram, define the computer system structure (4 marks)
i) Describe three possible states that a process can be in (3 marks)
j)Identify two types of user interfaces employed by different operating systems (2 marks)
k)Differentiate between multi user and multitasking operating systems (4 marks)

Question two (20 marks)


a) Define a process (2 marks)
b) State and explain 3 goals/objectives of I/O device management (3 marks)
c) Explain the concept of Direct memory access with respect to I/O devices (3 marks)
d) Explain the meaning of the term Process Control Block and list down its contents
(6 marks)
e) Explain briefly the following concepts associated with memory management. (6 marks)
i. Page frame ii. Virtual memory iii. Memory management Unit

Question three (20 marks)


a) Explain the meaning of the terms below and point out their effect on performance of the
computer from the user’s view
i. Pre-emptive multitasking ii. Non-pre-emptive multitasking (4 marks)

b) With the aid of a diagram describe Batch operating system giving one advantage and one
disadvantage.
(4 marks)
c) Assume the following processes arrived in the order PI, P2, P3. With their respective
burst/run time Process P1 P2 P3
i. Burst time(m/sec) 12 7 15
Draw Gantt charts to represent the three processes using FIFO and SJF (2marks)
ii. Calculate the waiting time for each process using FIFO and SJF respectively (2marks)
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iii. Calculate the average waiting time of the processes with FIFO and SJF respectively
(4marks)
iv Discuss the difference between FIFO algorithm and SJF with respect to the calculation
above (4marks)

Question four (20 marks)


a) State and explain two broad functions of an OS (4 marks)
b) Explain briefly the three general goals of computer security? (6 marks)
c) Outline 4 services provided by the OS (4 marks)
d) List and explain three (3) file access mechanisms? (6 marks)

Question Five (20 marks)


a) Describe the computer system structure with the aid of a diagram (6 marks)
b) List and discuss three techniques for performing I/O activities. (6 marks)
c) A task manager is a system utility that provides information about running processes,
memory usage, CPU activity, and other system resources. Explain four common uses of a
task manager (8 marks)

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