1 .Virtual machine concepts 2. Disk allocation strategies 3. What is thrashing ( virtual memory) 4.

Explain the address translation mechanism in paging?Why is the page size normally some power of two? 5. explain various algorithms for page replacement. 6.Explain different memory management schemes.. 7. What is segmentation ? explain ,. Compare between paging and segmentation, 8. what is file system explain. 9. Discuss the access control mechanisms in context of data files. 10. Explain authentication and authorization mechanisms provided by UNIX kernel 11. Explain how directories are implemented. What are the contents of file directory entry? QP2 1. Explain the need of logical address space. 2. Compare paging and segmentation 3. What is a n access control list? Explain its use in protection of files? 4. What are the info. Stored in a file descriptor.(5 marks) 5. Discuss the design issues of demand paging. 6. Write notes on i)Multi level paging ii)Overlays iii)Relocation 7. Explain different authentication mechanism used for protection 8. Discuss various issues related to low level file implementation ( 15 marks) 9. Write the steps performed by the OS when a page fault occurs. 10. Explain various strategies used for allocating the space to the requesting processes 11. Explain the use of encryption in computer security 12. Explain the operations that can be performed on a byte stream file(5 marks) 13. State the working set algorithm and explain how it is implemented 14. Explain i) Swapping ii) Dynamic relocation 15. Explain how file manager implemented in UNIX 16. Explain in detail, about the block management performed by the file manager for random access storage devices(15 marks) 17. Explain fixed partition memory strategy used for batch processing systems 18. What is a page fault ? If page fault occurs, how it is handled by operating system 19. What is an inverted file? What are its advantages and disadvantages(5 marks) 20. Write notes on i)swapping ii) caching 21. Discuss in detail how segment memory management is implemented with its merits and demerits. 22. What are directories? Explain the various directory structures and how they are implemented 23. Write in detail, the important aspects of UNIX OS (15 marks)