Anna University , Chennai
B.E./B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATION , NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
Seventh Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
CS 2411 Operating Systems - Important Questions
(Regulation 2008)
Exam Details :
Exam Date : 25/11/2013
Exam Day : Monday
Session : FN (10 am to 1 pm)
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Subject Code/Name : CS 2411 – Operating Systems
Part B - 16 Marks :
1. Explain how protection is provided for the hardware resources by the operating system.
2. What are the system components of an operating system and explain them?
3. What are the various process scheduling concepts.
4. Explain in detail about the threading issues.
5. What is critical section problem and explain two process solutions and multiple process
solutions?
6. Write about the various CPU scheduling algorithms
7. Explain the Banker’s algorithm for deadlock avoidance.
8. Explain what semaphores are, their usage, implementation given to avoid busy waiting
and binary semaphores.
9. Explain about contiguous memory allocation.
10. Give the basic concepts about paging.
11. Write about the techniques for structuring the page table.
12. Explain the basic concepts of segmentation.
13. Explain the various page replacement strategies.
14. What are files and explain the access methods for files?
15. Explain the schemes for defining the logical structure of a directory.
16. Write notes about the protection strategies provided for files.
17. Write about the kernel I/O subsystem.
18. Explain the various disk scheduling techniques
19. Write notes about disk management and swap-space management.
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