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The document outlines a supplementary exam for a Systems Programming course, detailing various questions on topics such as threads, file management, user-program interaction with operating systems, and inter-process communication. It includes definitions, explanations, and programming tasks related to operating system concepts, data structures, and synchronization mechanisms. Students are instructed to answer specific questions, including both theoretical and practical programming challenges.

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The document outlines a supplementary exam for a Systems Programming course, detailing various questions on topics such as threads, file management, user-program interaction with operating systems, and inter-process communication. It includes definitions, explanations, and programming tasks related to operating system concepts, data structures, and synchronization mechanisms. Students are instructed to answer specific questions, including both theoretical and practical programming challenges.

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CCS 3301 SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING supplementary exam

DATE:2017 TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One and Any Other Two questions

Question 1 (Compulsory)

(a) Define the following terms and explain how they are used in system operation
i. Thread
ii. Handle
iii. File
iv. Stub
[8 marks]
(b) Briefly explain how user programs interact with and with operating system give example in each
case.
[4 marks]
(c) System API are broadly categorized into two classes .List the two classes and compare them in
terms of file management functions.
[6 marks]
(d) Briefly explain how two user programs on different platform communicate with each other
using Remote procedure call (RPC).
[6 marks]
(e) Explain how producer -consumer relationship is supported using shared memory mechanism.
[6 marks]

Question 2

(a) Briefly describe any two data structure used by operating system.
[3 marks]
(b) Using a simple diagram illustrate various thread states in multithreaded computing
environment. [8 marks]
(c) Write a server program that creates multi files, each contains system information of the
client.

Question 3

(a) Differentiate between the following.


i. Internal and external fragmentation
ii. Contiguous and linked allocation.
iii. Page and frame.
[6 marks]

(b) Write a program which maliciously access file named punishment.txt trace your name and clear
all existing content and replace it with empty string. Explain working of your program.
[12 marks]

[9 marks]

Question 4

(a) Explain the following terms and give example in each case.
i. Device driver API
ii. Message queue
iii. Buffered IO
[6 marks]
(b) Write function prototype for creating a process .explain each parameter used.

[6 marks]
(c) Using appropriate socket API illustrate how server program can respond to multiple client
simultaneously.
[8 marks]

Question 5

(a) Explain giving reasons why it’s important for a programming language to support multiple
threads.

[7 marks]
(b) Explain how semaphores are used to synchronize access to shared memory. Illustrate with an
example.
[7 marks]
(c) Briefly explain how user program larger than available main memory can be executed without
degrading overall system performance.

[6 marks]

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