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Answer any one question from Q1 and Q2
1 (a)
Explain in short - BIOS, MBR and init( ) process.
6 M
1 (b)
What is kernel? What facility kernel should provide?
4 M
2 (a)
What are different multithreading models?
6 M
2 (b)
What is TLB? why it is used?
4 M
Answer any one question from Q3 and Q4
3 (a)
Explain following algorithms of file management.
i) iget ii) iput
i) iget ii) iput
6 M
3 (b)
Give the details of Uarea field.
4 M
4 (a)
Why is the principle of locality crucial to the use of virtual memory? Explain with example.
4 M
4 (b)
If the page address stream is {2, 3, 2, 1, 5, 2, 4, 5, 3, 2, 5, 2}, and frame size is 3. Identify the page faults occurred using FIFO, LRU.
6 M
Answer any one question from Q5 and Q6
5 (a)
What are the problems in multiprocessor systems? provide solutions to overcome them.
8 M
5 (b)
Explain IPC mechanisms used in System V.
8 M
6 (a)
What is process tracing? Mention its advantages and disadvantages
8 M
6 (b)
Explain in short - pipe, semaphore, signal and mutex.
8 M
Answer any one question from Q7 and Q8
7 (a)
What is AWK scripting? Write an AWK script to print squares of numbers from 1 to 10.
8 M
7 (b)
What is secure boot? State the difference between BIOS and UEFI.
8 M
8 (a)
What is grep Utility? What are the grep variations? Explain with example.
8 M
8 (b)
What is make utility? Explain it with example. Consider your own make file.
8 M
Answer any one question from Q9 and Q10
9 (a)
Enlist different characteristics of real time system and explain.
6 M
9 (b)
Explain static priority-driven pre-emptive approach for real time scheduling.
6 M
9 (c)
Compare Hard, soft and Firm real time systems.
6 M
10 (a)
Explain data structures used in Linux scheduling.
6 M
10 (b)
Write short note on frame of references for handheld system.
6 M
10 (c)
Compare Windows NTFS and ReFS file systems.
6 M
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