B.C.A-B.C.A Computer Application PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEM (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEM
(2003 onwards)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer any FIVE questions.
Each question carries equal marks. (5 × 20 = 100)
1. (a) Why do you called an operating system as a resource manager? Discuss.
(b) Explain the history of an operating system.
2. (a) Describe in detail about the semaphore.
(b) With suitable example, explain any two process scheduling algorithms.
3. (a) Explain Derive-independent I/O software.
(b) How can you detect and recovery the deadlochs? Explain with suitable example.
4. (a) Explain multiprogramming without swapping or paging.
(b) Discuss briefly about the linked list and buddy systems.
5. (a) How can you analyse the swapping system? Discuss with algorithm.
(b) Describe the page replacement algorithms.
6. (a) Explain about the disk space management.
(b) Explain about the file servers.
7. (a) Explain multiprogramming with variable partition.
(b) Explain memory management with bit-maps.
8. (a) Discuss about the derive drivers with examples.
(b) Explain about the interrupt handler.  

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