STUPIDSID
1 (a)
Explain in short - BIOS, MBR and init( ) process.
6 M
1 (b)
Explain Kernel Structure. With neat diagram.
4 M
2 (a)
Explain with neat diagram process states and transition.
5 M
2 (b)
What is disk inode? State the difference between disk inode and in-core
Inode.
5 M
3 (a)
Why is the principle of locality crucial to the use of virtual memory?
Explain with example.
4 M
3 (b)
Give the details of U-area field.
6 M
4 (a)
Explain the race condition in assigning inodes.
4 M
4 (b)
Compare and contrast paging vs segmentation.
6 M
5 (a)
What is ptrace system call? Explain Process tracing in detail.
8 M
5 (b)
Explain the term signal and elaborate the various circumstances under
which signals of the various classes are used.
8 M
Write short notes on:
6 (a) (i)
Tunis System.
4 M
6 (a) (ii)
Shared memory.
4 M
6 (b)
What is deadlock? Explain necessary conditions to occur the deadlock?
8 M
7 (a)
What is make utility? Explain it with example. Consider your own makefile.
8 M
7 (b)
Explain with example Linux utilities - grep, egrep, fgrep and sort.
8 M
Write short notes on:
8 (a) (i)
Mork Manager.
4 M
8 (a) (ii)
Shim Manager.
4 M
8 (b)
Explain in detail how to make USB bootable with any open source tool/Utility?
8 M
Write short notes on:
9 (a) (i)
Multiprocessor scheduling.
4 M
9 (a) (ii)
Real time scheduling.
4 M
9 (a) (iii)
Linux scheduling.
4 M
9 (b)
Write short note on:
Fail soft operation.
Fail soft operation.
6 M
Write short notes on:
10 (a) (i)
Palm OS.
4 M
10 (a) (ii)
Google Android.
4 M
10 (a) (iii
Windows Mobile.
4 M
10 (b)
Write short note on:
Frame of reference.
Frame of reference.
6 M
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