ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE DATE 30 OCTOBER 2022.

SUBMIT TO
harris.chikunya@cuz.ac.zw
1. Discuss the evolution of operating system
2. Discuss the conditions that are necessary for a deadlock to occur
3. Explain the techniques that can be used for the protection of user files
4. You are employed as a System Administrator of a bank. The bank is about to acquire
a new Operating System. Give advice to management on the desirable qualities of an
Operating System.
5. Briefly explain:
(a) Single-partition system
(b) Multiple-partition system
6. a) Why do Operating System employ paging?
b) What is the different between paging address translation by direct mapping and
with
association mapping?
7. What is the advantage of using Base and Limit registers?
8. a) Explain, what is meant by virtual memory?
b) List four functions of the virtual memory manager.
c) Explain five page replacement policies of virtual memory.

TOTAL MARKS 100