NAME: SONALI SINGH

SEM:3RD SEM

OS ASSIGNMENT-1

1. What are the four components of a computer system?

ANS: Motherboard

Hard Drive
CPU
RAM

2. Provide at least three resources the operating system allocates?

ANS: CPU Time
Memory space
File-storage space
I/O devices

3. What is the common name used to refer to the operating system

program?
ANS: SYSTEM PROGRAM

4. What do mobile operating systems often include in addition to the

core kernel?
ANS: MIDDLEWARE

5. What is the term for a program that has been loaded and is
executing?
ANS: PROCESS

6.What part of the operating system makes the decision with

regards to which job will run?
ANS: KERNEL MODE

7. What are the two separate modes of operation?

ANS: there are two separate modes:
'kernel mode'
user mode.

8.What is the mode of the system at boot time?

ANS: Kernel mode.

9. What is the mode of the system when the operating system gains
control?
ANS: Kernel mode

10. What part of the operating system makes the decision with
regards to which job will run?
ANS: Job scheduling.

11. What is the mode of the system when a user program is running?
ANS: User Mode

12. Name at least two activities the operating system is responsible

for in connection with process management.
Ans:

1. Scheduling processes and threads on the CPU(s)

2. Creating and deleting both system and user processes

13. What is the difference between protection and security .

Ans :

Difference between security and protection

Security-

The security system covers the safety of their system resources across malignant
alteration , illegal access and disparity or inconsistency. The security gives a mechanism to
analyze the user to permit for using the system .

Protection –

The protection deals with the access to the system resources . It determines that what
files can be accessed or permeated by a special user . The protection of the system should
confirm the approval of process and users .

14. List at least three operating system services that are useful to
users.
Ans:

1. UI
2. Program Execution
3. Input/output Operations

15. List at least three operating system functions that maintain

efficient
Ans:

Three operating system functions are:

1. Resource Allocation
2. Accounting
3. Protection and amp; Security

16. What are the two different approaches for providing a user
interface.
Ans :

Two different approaches for providing user interface is:

1. GUI(Graphic User Interface)
2. Command Line(Command Interpreter)
17. What is system call?
Ans:

System call means providing an interface to services made available by

an operating system.
18. What is an API?
Ans:

API Specifies a set of functions that are available to an application programmer

, including the parameters that are passed to a function and return values that
Programmer can expect .
19. What kernel data structure can be used for one technique of
passing Parameters to system calls?
Ans:

System call interface

20. List at least three major categories of system calls.
Ans:

Three Major Categories of system call are:-

1. Process Control
2. File Manipulation
3. Device Manipulation