CACS251 Operating System

Operating System: most repeated questions

Questions that have come up in more than one paper, matched by what they ask rather than exact wording. Most repeated first.

  1. 4×Asked in 2026, 2023, 2021, 2020
    What are seek time and disk access time? Suppose that a disk drive has 5,000 cylinders, numbered 0 to 4,999. The drive is currently serving a request at cylinder 2,150, and the previous request was at cylinder 1,805. The queue of pending requests, in FIFO…Answer coming10
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  2. 3×Asked in 2024, 2023, 2020
    Define kernel. Explain different types of kernel in operating system.Answer coming5
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  3. 3×Asked in 2023, 2021, 2020
    The processes are assumed to have arrived in the order p1, p2, p3, p4, p5 all at time 0. Draw a Gantt chart illustrating their execution and calculate average waiting time and turnaround time for the process given below using: a) First Come First Serve b)…Answer coming10
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  4. 2×Asked in 2024, 2022
    What is use of DMA controller? Consider the following process and answer the following questions.ProcessAllocationMaxAvailable[A,B,C,D][A,B,C,D][A,B,C,D]P00 0 1 10 0 1 21 5 2 0P11 0 0 01 7 5 0P21 3 5 42 3 5 6P30 6 3 20 6 5 2P40 0 1 40 6 5 6a) What is the…Answer coming10
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  5. 2×Asked in 2026, 2024
    What is segmentation? How can it be used for the memory management? [1+4]Answer coming5
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  6. 2×Asked in 2026, 2024
    List some security problems in operating system. Explain the role of clock synchronization in distributed system. [2+3]Answer coming5
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  7. 2×Asked in 2022, 2020
    What is clock synchronization? Explain how physical clock is synchronized by Cristian algorithm and logical clock is synchronized by Lamport's algorithm with suitable example.Answer coming10
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