Anna University,
Chennai Nov/Dec 2012 Examinations
Important Questions
Operating Systems CS2411
VII Sem EEE
Unit I-V
1.
Explain
in detail about Operating System Structures.
2.
Explain
the Types of System Calls in detail.
3. Explain about inter process
communication.
4. Explain in detail about virtual
machines.
5.
What is
meant by a process? Explain states of process with neat sketch and discuss the
process state transition with a neat diagram
6. Explain briefly any four CPU
scheduling algorithms with examples.(Problem + Theory)
7. Explain Banker’s deadlock-avoidance algorithm with
an illustration.
8. Give a detailed description about
deadlocks and its characterization.
9. Explain what semaphores are,
their usage, implementation given to avoid busy waiting and binary semaphores.
10.Explain about the techniques for
structuring the page table.
11. Explain the various page
replacement strategies.(With example)
12.Discuss about Swapping b) Paging c)
Segmentation d) TLB hit/miss
13.Explain
various file allocation methods and free
space management with neat diagram.
14. What are the directory
implementation techniques available? Explain in detail.
15.Explain the various directory structure in
detail.
16. Explain the various
disk scheduling techniques
17.What is meant by
RAID levels? Which level is used for what purpose?
18.Write in detail
about the kernel I/O subsystem and I/O hardware.
19.Write
notes about disk management.
