RAJAJI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,SALEM - 636 308

MODEL EXAMINATION - I
OPERATING SYSTEMS
PART

A [ANSWER ANY FIFTEEN OF THE BELOW QUESTIONS ]

1. Define system program

2. How will you execute a system call. Give the syntax.
3. Give the concept of virtual machine
4. List the different operating system structures
5. Define message passing
6. Define inter process communication
7. Define CPU utilization
8. Define thread
9. Define page
10. Define frame
11. Define compaction
12. Define sharing
13. Define formatting
14. Define security
15. Define file
16. Define database
17. Define authentication
18. Define encryption
19. Define decryption
20. Define booting
PART

B [ ANSWER EITHER OR CHOICE ]

21. Explain system call & system call execution

Explain operating system services
22. Explain performance evaluation of scheduling algorithm
Explain deadlocks
23. Explain protection and sharing
Explain memory allocation

24. Explain i) file concept

ii) File attributes
iii) Directory structures
iv) File operations
Explain i) security and protection
ii) File system structures
iii) Access methods
iv) Disk formatting
25. Explain Linux architecture
Explain i) virtual file system
i) VFS super block
iii) Structure of file system
iv)file management sub system