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BCA Part-1 | Operating Systems | Semester-I | MDSU Exam Paper 2023 (Held in 2024)

SECTION - A

1. Define Operating System.
2. What is a system call in OS?
3. What is a process in OS? Briefly Explain process management.
4. What is a semaphore?
5. What do you understand by contiguous allocation in memory management?
6. Briefly explain Page replacement algorithms.
7. Explain the concept of demand paging.
8. Explain the usage of any 5 directory-related commands in bash.
9. Briefly list the shell responsibilities with reference to Bourne Again Shell (BASH).
10. Write a shell script that checks whether the entered character is a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or not.

SECTION - B

11. List and Explain the goals of an operating system.
12. Explain the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). Explain the usage and application areas of RTOS.
13. Draw and describe the process states in process management.
14. Explain the difference between pre-emptive and non-pre-emptive scheduling. Give Examples.
15. Explain the concept and usage of virtual memory.
16. Explain Logical versus Physical address in Memory Management. Hence explain the working of the Memory Management Unit.
OR
What is a deadlock in process management? Explain methods for handling deadlocks.
17. What is a process control block (PCB) in Linux? Explain the role of the PCB when switching from one process to another.
OR
Explain the system call interfaces for process management. Explain the usage of "fork" and "exit".
18. What is a shell script? Write a shell script for a simple calculator program that can add, subtract, multiply, and divide two numbers as desired by the user. Add comment lines to explain what each part of the shell script is doing.

In this Chapter

BCA Part-1 | Operating Systems | Semester-I | MDSU Exam Paper 2023 (Held in 2024)
Distributed System in Operating System
Real-Time System in Operating System
System Calls in Operating System
System Programs in Operating System
Structure of an Operating System
Layered Design of an Operating System Structure
UNIX in Operating System
Virtual Machine in Operating System
Kernel-Based Operating System
Process Concept in Operating System
Interacting Processes in Operating System
Threads in Operating System
Fundamentals of Scheduling in Operating System
Scheduling Criteria in Operating System
Long, Medium, and Short-Term Scheduling
Scheduling Algorithms in Operating System
Structure of a Concurrent System
Critical Region in Operating System
Critical Section in Operating System
Inter-process Communication (IPC) in Operating System
Monitors in Operating System
Semaphores in Operating System
Semaphore Implementation & Uses in Operating System
Logical and Physical Address in Operating System
Swapping in Operating System
Contiguous Allocation in Operating System
Segmentation in Operating System
Paging in Operating System
Virtual Memory using Segmentation in Operating System
Interprocess Communication Protocol in Operating System
Network Operating System
Design Issues in Distributed File System
Network Structure in Operating System
Structure of a Distributed System
File System and Coordination in Operating System
History of Linux in Operating System
Linux Commands
Programmer Interface & File Manipulation in Linux
Process Control in Linux
Kernel & Signals in Linux
File System in Linux
Blocks and Inodes in Linux
System Editors in Linux
Character Transliteration in Linux
The `ed` Line Editor in Linux
The `vi` Editor and Its Commands
Shell Scripting in Linux
Looping & Decision Making in Linux Shell Scripting
Variables & File Name Expansion in Linux
Arrays in Linux Shell Scripting
Subprograms (Functions) in Linux Shell Scripting
C Interface with Linux
Simple Shell Programs in Linux
What is an Operating System (OS)
Operating System (OS) All Important Questions and Answers in English (MDSU)
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Types of Operating Systems
Goals of an Operating System
Operations of an Operating System
Resource Allocation & Functions in an Operating System
Classes of Operating System
Batch Processing in Operating System
Multiprocessing in Operating System
Time-Sharing in Operating System