BIYANI GIRLS COLLEGE

MODEL PAPER-I (2011) Operating Systems M.Sc. I.T Sem.- I

Time: 3 hrs. M.M. : 100

Writetheanswerofanyfivequestions: Q.1 (a) WhatdoyoumeanbyGenerationoflanguages?Explainwithsuitableexamplesthe differentgenerationsoflanguages. (b) Whatisanoperatingsystem?Whatservicesareprovidedbyoperatingsystem? Q.2 (a) Differentiatebetween: I) CompilerandInterpreter II) Systemsoftwareandapplicationsoftware III) GUIandCUI (b) Definepeartopearnetworkinginbrief. Q.3 (a) DescribeUNIXfilesystem. (b) HowwillyouconfigureInternetinUNIXoperatingsystem? Q.4 Whatisscheduling?Discussvariousschedulingmechanisms. Q.5 (a) Whatisfragmentation?Describethetypesoffragmentation. (b) Explaintheconceptandneedofvirtualmemory. Q.6 (a) Howisvariousinputandoutputcomponentsincomputermanagedbyoperating system? (b) Definediskallocationmethodanddescribeitsadvantagesanddisadvantages. Q.7 Whatisdeadlock?Discussvariousconditionsnecessaryfordeadlockoccurrence.Howcan deadlockbeavoided? Q.8 ExplaintheuseoffollowingUNIXcommand.Givetwooptionswitheachcommand: (a) Cat(b)Split (c)Rm(d)Ls Q.9 (a)WhatdoyoumeanbyMetacharacter?DiscussthemwithreferencetoUNIX. (b)Whatarethesecuritythreatstoacomputersystem?Howaretheyavoided? Q.10Explainthefollowing: (a)ProcesscontrolBlock(PCB) (b)InstallingWindows98 (c)RedirectingI/O (d)Graphicaluserinterface (e)Fileattributes

BIYANI GIRLS COLLEGE

MODEL PAPER-II (2011) Operating Systems M.Sc. I.T Sem.- I

Time: 3 hrs.

M.M.: 100

Writetheanswerofanyfivequestions:
Q.1 (a) What is the need of having operating system? Discuss and describe various characteristicsofoperatingsystem? (b) Whatistheorderoffileswhichcomesatthetimeo fbootingofOS? Q.2 (a) Howwillyoudothefollowingwithwindows: (i) Sharingdrivesandprinters (ii)Partitioningdisk (iii)Troubleshootinginwindows98 (iv)Configuremodem Q.3 ExplaintheuseoffollowingUNIXcommand.Givetwooptionswitheachcommand: (a)Echo (b)Mv (c)Headandtail (d)Cp Q.4 (a) Whatisshellscript?Howitiscreated?Giveanexample. (b) DescribethesilentfeaturesofUNIXsystemarchitecture.ExplaintheUNIXOSstructure diagrammatically. Q.5 (a) Describethefilemanagementtechniquesusedbyoperatingsystem. (b) Whatissegmentation?Whereitisusedandwhy? Q.6 (a) WhatdoyoumeanbyProcess?Explainvariousstagesofprocessindetail. (b) What are process schedulers? Describe the differentiate types of schedulers. What do youmeanbythetermGoodprocessmix? Q.7 (a) HowDOSisdifferentfromWindowsandUNIX? (b) DescribevariousDOScommandswithexample. Q.8 (a) Whatisparallelprocessing?Whataretheimportantdifferencesbetweenparalleland distributedsystem? (b) DifferentiatebetweenLAN,MANandWAN. Q.9 (I) Differentiatebetween: (a) MultiprogrammingandMultiprocessing (b)Highlevelandlowlevellanguage (c) Logicaladdressandphysicaladdress. (II) HowwillyouconfigureyourfilesinsharingmodeinwindowsOS. Q.10.Explainthefollowing: (a) Threads (d)Taskbarinwindow (b)ControlPanel (e)Devicedrivers (c)Thrashing