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Advance Operating System

This document contains an exam for the course MCS-302 Advanced Operating Systems. It has three sections: 1) Multiple choice questions covering topics like system calls, file information storage, kernel loading, scheduling policies, and real-time system categories. 2) Short answer questions about opening a file in UNIX, inodes, cyclic executives, and u areas. 3) Long answer questions about real-time operating system characteristics, cyclic scheduling frame size formulas, rate monotonic scheduling, clock driven scheduling pros and cons, and the UNIX file system.

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Advance Operating System

This document contains an exam for the course MCS-302 Advanced Operating Systems. It has three sections: 1) Multiple choice questions covering topics like system calls, file information storage, kernel loading, scheduling policies, and real-time system categories. 2) Short answer questions about opening a file in UNIX, inodes, cyclic executives, and u areas. 3) Long answer questions about real-time operating system characteristics, cyclic scheduling frame size formulas, rate monotonic scheduling, clock driven scheduling pros and cons, and the UNIX file system.

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CS/MSc/CSE/odd/Sem-3 rd/MCS-302/20 14-15

MCS-302

Anv ANCE OPERATING SYSTEM

Time Allotted: 3 Hours Full Marks: 70

The questions are of equal value.


The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.

GROUP A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Answer all questions. 10x1 = 10

(i) Bind () system call is associated with


(A) stream (B) semaphore
(C) message (D) none ofthese

(ii) The information of a file is stored in


(A) pipes (B) file table
(C) inode (D) memory

(iii) Which part of the operating systems get loaded into memory as soon as
the system is booted?
(A) kernel (B) shell
(C) U area (D) none of these

(iv) The system where deadline should be met


(A) soft deadline (B) hard deadline (C) hybrid deadline

(v) Which is not a layer of operating system?


(A) kernel (B) shell
(C) application program (D) critical section

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(vi) Zombie state is also known as


(A) running state (B) sleep and swap out state
(C) preempted state (D) terminated state

(vii) Which of the following describes the RTOS design philosophy best
(A) maximize the throughput of the system
(B) maximize the processor utilization
(C) minimizing the response time
(D) response within certain stipulated time period

(viii) Preemptive, priority based scheduling guarantees:


(A) hard real time functionality (B) soft real time functionality
(C) protection of memory (D) none of these

(ix) Describe which of these scheduling policies is most suited for


controlling a set of periodic tasks.
(A) FCFS
(B) least laxity first
(C) earliest dead line first
(D) rate monotonic policy schedule

(x) Identify the category of the following real-time systems as "hard'


RTOS.
(A) an on-line celebrity cricket bat auction
(B) a patient monitoring system in an ICU
(C) A library book reservation system
(D) A bank's credit card defaulters notice generation program

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GROUPB
(Short Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three of the following questions. 3x5 = 15


2. Write down the step by step manner the procedure of opening a file in
UNIX.

3. . What is inode in Unix file system? List down the main fields consists of
disk inode in UNIX.

4. . Discuss the pros and cons of cyclicexcutive.

5. What is u area? What are its fields in UNIX.

6. What is the superblock discuss with respect ,to UNIX.

GROUpe
(Long Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three of the following questions. 3x15=45


7. What are the characteristics of Real Time Operating System.

8. Derive the formula for suitable frame size in cyclic scheduling in real
time operating system.

9. Discuss rate monotonic scheduling in RTOS.

10. Write the pros and cons of clock driven scheduling.

11. Discuss the file system of UNIX in brief.

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