B.E/B.Tech.

PRACTICAL END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, APRIL/MAY2025

Fourth Semester

CS3461-OPERATINGSYSTEMSLABORATORY

(Regulations2021)

Time:3 Hours Answer anyone Question Max.Marks100

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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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1. a. Install any flavor of windows operating system on top of any bare metal by creating necessary
partitions for OS and user space. (80)
b. Create a directory on your own and include two files and list out the files that are present in that
directory using the necessary UNIX commands. (20)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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2. a. List out the number of lines, characters and words present in a file using the necessary UNIX
command. (15)
b.Create a process and print the process id of current process and its parent process. (15)
c. Write a C program for implementing an FCFS Scheduling algorithm by displaying process id,
average waiting time and average turnaround time. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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3. a. Find a specific file in a directory and print only the unique lines that are present in that file
using appropriate UNIX commands. (15)
b. Write a C program for identifying whether the process listed is a parent process or child
process using the necessary system calls. (15)
c. Write a C program for implementing an SJF Scheduling algorithm by displaying process id,
average waiting time and average turnaround time. (70)
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4. a. Using the appropriate UNIX Command check whether the remote host is responding well or
not. (15)
b. Write a Shell program to count the number of vowels in a line of text. (15)
c. Write a C program for implementing Inter process communication using shared memory
concept. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
20 30 30 10 10 100

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5. a. Using the appropriate UNIX command print the last 10 lines of user specified file to standard
output. (15)
b.Write a shell program to find the sum and average of four integers. (15)
c.Write a C Program for simulating a dead lock detection model. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
20 30 30 10 10 100

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6. a. Give the correct UNIX commands that display a list of users who are currently logged in to a
computer and which prints the calendar of the current month and year. (15)
b. Write a shell program to compute simple interest and compound interest. (15)
c. Write a C program for implementing Round Robin Scheduling algorithm. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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7. a. Using the desired UNIX command re-name a file of the user to a new name. (15)
b. Write a Shell program to find the area and circumference of a circle. (15)
c.Write a C program for implementing Priority Scheduling algorithm. (70)

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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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8. a. Give theappropriateUNIXcommandforcreatingauserfilewithspecificcontentanddisplay the same.
(15)
b.Write a C program illustrating the use of wait system call. (15)
c.Write a C program for implementing the semaphore synchronization tool. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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9. a.Write a Shell program to display student grades. (30)

b.Write a C program for implementing the concept of synchronization in threads. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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10. a. Use the appropriate UNIX command for printing the manual page of any given specific
command. (15)
b.Write a Shell program to generate Fibonacci series. (15)
c.Write a C program for implementing the concept of paging in memory management. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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11. a. Write the specific UNIX commands for listing the contents of the current directory and also
to remove the same directory. (15)
b.Write a Shell program to find the roots of a quadratic equation. (15)
c.Writea C program for implementing FIFO page replacement algorithm. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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 12. a. Write the appropriate UNIX commands for printing the output to a terminal and to print the
processes running in a system. (15)
b.Writeashellprogramtocheckwhetherthegivennumberispositiveornegative. (15)
c.Write a C program for implementing LRU page replacement algorithm. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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13. a.Write a shell script to display the digits which are in odd position in a given number. (30)
b.Write a C program for implementing Optimal page replacement algorithm. (70)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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14. a. Write a shell program to find the sum of two numbers using function programming (30)
b.Write a shell program for implementing sequential file allocation strategy. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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15. a. Give the appropriate UNIX command for displaying the block number at the beginning of
each line. (15)
b.Write a Shell program to check whether the given integer is prime or not. (15)
c.Write a C program to implement Random file access technique. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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 16. a. Write the procedure and show the installation of any Linux flavor as a guest Operating
system on top of Windows operating system. (90)
b.Write the UNIX command needed for creating a directory. (10)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
20 30 30 10 10 100

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17. Write a C program for implementing FCFS disk scheduling strategy. (100)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
20 30 30 10 10 100

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18. Write a C program to implement SSTF disk scheduling strategy. (100)

Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
20 30 30 10 10 100

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19. a.Give the UNIX command that forgetting information from the DNSserver. (15)
b.Write a Shellscript for calculating the area of a triangle. (15)
c.Write a C program for implementing BestFit allocation strategy. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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20. a.Write a Shell program to find the smallest digit from a number. (30)
b.Write a C program for implementing Worst Fit allocation strategy. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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21. Write a C program to implement C-LOOK disk scheduling strategy. (100)

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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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22. Write a C program for implementing LOOK disk scheduling strategy. (100)

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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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23. a.Writeashellprogramtofindthesmallestnumberbetweentwonumbersusingfunction.(30)
b.Write a C program for implementing contiguous file allocation strategy. (70)
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required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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24. Write a C program for implementing SCAN disk scheduling strategy. (100)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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25. Write a C program for implementing C-SCAN disk scheduling strategy. (100)
Aim/Principle/Apparatus Tabulation/Circuit/ Calculation Viva-Voce Record Total
required/Procedure Program/Drawing & Results
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26. a.Createtwofilesandmovethemintoadirectorynamed‘dir1’usingthedesiredUNIXcommands.
(15)
b.WriteaShellscriptforconvertingthetemperaturefromFahrenheitto Celsius. (15)
c.WriteaCprogramforimplementinglinkedfileallocationstrategy. (70)

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