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Operating Systems Assignment Questions

UNIT-1
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Define Operating Systems. Explain the goals of Operating Understanding
systems

2. Outline the evolution of operating Systems Understanding

Level 2
1. Outline the types System calls Understanding
CO1

2. List the functions of Operating Systems Remembering

Level 3
1. Explain the layered approach of operating system and its Understanding
advantages

2. Explain the dual mode operation of operating system Understanding

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UNIT-2
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Define a process. With a neat diagram explain about
Understanding
process state diagram.

2. Explain the components of Process control Block. Understanding

Level 2
Understanding CO2
1. Explain regarding Context Switch in detail

2. Describe the characteristics of Schedulers Understanding

Level 3
Apply
1. Interpret the operational mechanism of Multithreading
models
2. Explain mechanisms of FCFS , SJF, Round Robbin CPU
Apply
Scheduling algorithms with suitable example.
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UNIT-3
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Discuss the Swapping of two processes using a disk as a Understanding
backing store

2. Explain the role of First fit, Best fit and worst fit techniques
Understanding
for efficient memory management
Level 2
Applying
1. Interpret the Paging technique with suitable example CO3
2. Explain the technique used to implement Virtual memory
Understanding
concept
Level 3
1. Explain the demand paging strategy to handle page faults Understanding
with suitable example
2. Illustrate the page replacement algorithms with suitable
Applying
example

UNIT-4
Question Blooms CO
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taxonomy level Attained
Level 1
1. Explain the Critical section Problem
Understanding

2. Discuss the Peterson’s solution for the Critical section

Understanding
Problem
Level 2
Applying
1. Illustrate the mechanisms of deadlock prevention
CO4

2.Explain the functionality of Semaphores Understanding

Level 3
1. How to check if deadlock has occurred in an Operating Understanding
System?

2.Interpret the techniques involved to recover from deadlocks Applying

UNIT-5
Question Blooms CO
taxonomy level Attained
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Level 1
1. Explain the different file attributes Understanding

2. Discuss the various access methods from a file system Understanding

Level 2
Understanding
1. Explain the access control features of an operating system
for its protection CO5

Understanding
2. Discuss the allocation methods for file system
implementation
Level 3
1. Demonstrate how disk scheduling algorithms are Apply
implemented
Understanding
2. Write short notes on magnetic disks and magnetic tapes