Operating System Question Paper for Polytechnic

Posted Date: 16-Sep-2011	Category: Education	Rating:
Author: Narender Bhardwaj	Member Level: Gold	Points: 10 (Rs 2)

Operating System is a subject in polytechnic as well as in Btech.This question paper is come in Nov 2010.Operating system act as an interface between user an computer hardware.Operating System take instruction from user decode them and then send that instruction to the specific hardware.when the required operation is perform then operating system convert the output into human readable form.

Operating System Question Paper for Polytechnic

Attempt all Questions:-

1.
(a) Define Operating System? What are its services?
(b)Explain the steps in executing a control program?
(c) Define the essential properties of following
type of operating system:-
(i)Batch.
(ii)Time Sharing.
(iii)Distributed. (7.5,5,7.5)
2.
(a)What do you mean by Process Scheduling?
Explain the concept of following Scheduling:-
(i)First come First Serve(FCFS).
(ii)Shortest Remaining Time Next(SRTN).
(b)What is a Scheduler?Explain different types
of Scheduler.
(c)What is Swapping?Why it is needed?
(10,5,5)
3.
Differentiate the following:-
(i)Paging and Segmentation.
(ii)Static Relocation and Dynamic Relocation.
(iii)Continuous and Non continuous allocation.
(15)
4.
(a)Explain the following:-
(i)OPEN LINUX.
(ii)LINUX FILE STRUCTURE.
(b)What is a Shell?Explain the most common Shell?
(c)Explain the purpose of following LINUX command
with syntax:-
(i)Who.
(ii)Cat.
(iii)Head.
(iv)Grep.
(v)Mail. (10,10,10)
5.Write short note on following:-
(a)Deadlock Detection & Recovery.
(b)Logical File System.
(c)Process Synchronization. (15)

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