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Posted By: shalat       Member Level: Gold       Posted Date: 12 Jun 2008

2008 Bangalore University B.C.A OPERATING SYSYTEM Question paper



Course: B.C.A   University: Bangalore University




II SEMESTER BCA .EXAMINATION ,JUNE 2008

(Y2K7 SCHEME)(2007-08 AND ONWARDS)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
BCA 201:OPERATING SYSTEM

TIME :3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS :ANSWER ALL THE PARTS. (MAX MARKS :80)


PART-A
NOTE :ANSWER ANY EIGHT QUESTIONS (MARKS:8*3=24)


1. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN PURPOSE OF OS?
2. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGGES OF MULTI-PROCESOOR SYSTEM ?
3. WRITE ANY THREE FUNCTIONS OF PROCESS MANAGEMENT.
4. DIFFERNTIATE BETWEEN PRE-EMPTIVE AND NON PRE-EMPTIVE SCHEDULING
5. DEFINE DEAD LOCK WITH AN EXAMPLE
6. WHAT IS A SEMAPHORE?EXPLAIN
7.WHAT ARE OVERLAYS?
8.DEFINE THRASHING AND PAGE FAULT.
9.WHAT ARE HTE VRIOUS FILE ATTRIBUTES?
10. WHAT IS ENCRYPTION?



PART-B
NOTE:ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS (MARKS :4*14=56)

11. a)EXPLAIN DISTRBUTED OPERATING SYSTEM .WHAT ARE HTE ADVANTGAES AND
DISADVANTAGES [MARKS 8]
b)EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF BUFFERING ANN SPOOLING [MARKS 6]



12. a)WHAT IS A PROCESS ?EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF A PROCESS WITH PROCESS
STATE TRNSITION DIAGRAM. [MARKS 8]
b)DECRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AMONGSHORT TERM,MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM
PROCESS SCHEDULING [MARKS 6]


13. a) EXPLAIN IN DETAIL ANY ONE OF HTE CLASSIC PROBLEM OF PRCESS SYNCHRONISATION
WITH ITS SOLUTION [MARKS 8]
b)DISCUSS CRITICAL SECTION PROBLEM [MARKS 6]


14. a)EXPLAIN ANY TWO PAGE REPLACEMENT ALGORITH [MARKS 8]
b) EXPLAIN DEMAND PAGING WITH SUITABLE EXAMPLE [MARKS 6]

15 a)EXPLAIN ANY TWO FILE ALLOCATION METHODS [MARKS 7]
b)EXPLAI DIRECTORY STRUCTURE [MARKS 7]

16. WRITE SHORT NOTES :
a)FREE SPACE MANAGEMENT [MARKS 4]
b)VIRTUAL MEMORY [MARKS 5]
c)DISK SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS [MARKS 5]





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