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Mid-Term Examinations – November 2021

Programme : B. Tech-BCE, BCG. Semester : Fall 2021-22
Course : Operating Systems Code : CSE3003
Faculty : Dr. Hariharasitaraman. S. Slot/ Class No. : D11+D12+D13/0408
Time : 1 ½ hours Max. Marks : 50

Answer all the Questions

Q.No. Question Description Marks

1 How does a modern computers work?? Draw and explain using Von Neumann
Architecture. 10

2 List the various categories of system calls, also identify the systems calls used in any two Operating
Systems of your choice? 10

3 Briefly explain different operation on a processes. List some examples from Windows and
10
Linux Operating system.
4 Detail Critical Section problem and Peterson’s solution for critical section problem. 10
5 Consider the following set of processes with the length of the CPU-burst time in given ms:
Process Burst Time Arrival time
P1 10 3
P2 1 1
P3 2 3
P4 1 4 10
P5 5 2
Draw four Gantt charts illustrating the execution of these processes using FCFS, SJF,
priority and RR (quantum=1) scheduling. Also calculate waiting time and turnaround time
for each scheduling algorithms
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Note:
RBT – Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
KL1 – Remember, KL2-Understand, KL3-Apply, KL4-Analyse, KL5-Evaluate, KL6-Create
CO – Course Outcome

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