August 2009 Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) Semester 3 BC0042 Operating Systems

(Book ID: B0682)

4 Credits

Assignment Set 1 (60 Marks)

Answer All Questions and they carry Equal Marks

1. What is kernel ? What are the main components of a kernel.

2. Describe in brief the function of an operating system. 3. Discuss the process vs Threads.

4. Use First Come First Serve algorithm to schedule process given: Process P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Burst Time 7 5 8 2 3

5. What do you mean by deadlock ? 6. What is the advantage of Direct Memory Access? Briefly explain the timing mechanisms that can be used in data transfer through DMA.

August 2009 Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) Semester 3 BC0042 Operating Systems
(Book ID: B0682)

4 Credits

Assignment Set 2 (60 Marks)

Answer All Questions and they carry Equal Marks

1. What are the two types of fragmentations? Illustrate them with block diagrams. 2. What are various I/O control strategies ? discuss in brief. 3. List out the conditions that result in Deadlock situations. Illustrate deadlock situation with a simple graphical notation.

4. Explain cache with fully associative mapping.

5. With an example illustrate file access modes: Sequential, Indexed and Random modes.

6. What is mutual exclution ? what are its requirements .