BCA | OS(Operating System) 2023 Paper | MDSU Exam Paper

BCA || PART-3 || OS (Operating System) | 2023 Paper | MDSU Exam Paper

Part-A

1. What is an operating system?
2. What is a distributed system?
3. Write a short note on process states.
4. What is a scheduler?
5. Define critical section.
6. Differentiate between paging and segmentation.
7. Write five commands of Linux.
8. What is a Kernel?
9. What are Shell variables?
10. What is a thread?

Part-B

11. Discuss operating system structure. Define layered approach.
12. Explain the working of a time-sharing system.
13. What are the various criteria for a good process scheduling algorithm?
14. What are the various methods for disk allocation?
15. What do you mean by a VI editor?

Part-C

16. Write short notes on: (a) Batch Processing, (b) System Calls, (c) Operations of OS. OR Explain process coordination, critical sections, and semaphores.
17. Write short notes on: (a) Swapping, (b) Virtual memory, (c) Thrashing. OR Define distributed system structure.
18. What are the storage files in Linux? How does Linux access files? OR Write a shell program to print the largest of two numbers.