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Operating Systems Question Paper

Operating Systems

Course:Diploma In Information Technology

Institution: Bungoma Technical Training Institute question papers

Exam Year:2009

STAGE III EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
DIT 301: OPERATING SYSTEMS
DATE: NOVEMBER 2009 TIME: 1½HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE questions
QUESTION ONE (20 MARKS)
a) Identify the FOUR categorizations of operating systems (4 Marks)
b) Distinguishing between multiprocessing and multitasking (4 Marks)
c) Give FOUR key functions of the operating system (4 Marks)
d) Describe the FOUR areas in the memory map (8 Marks)
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
a) i) Identify the FOUR necessary and sufficient conditions for deadlocks (8 Marks)
ii) Give any TWO possible solutions to the problem in question 2a(i) (2 Marks)
b) Describe the three types of schedulers (6 Marks)
c) Explain TWO common strategies to allocate free partitions to ready processes (4 Marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a) Describe the three classifications of input/output devices (12 Marks)
b)What is a file system (2 Marks)
c) Write short notes on the NTFS file system (6 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
a) Draw a diagram and explain how virtual addresses are converted into physical addresses
(9 Marks)
b) What is demand paging? (2 Marks)
c) Explain the TWO differences between internal and external fragmentations (4 Marks)
d) Describe the producer and consumer problem and a possible solution (5 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
a) Name and describe 5 commands in LINUX/UNIX operating system (10 Marks)
b) Draw the structure of the UNIX operating system (6 Marks)
c) Give TWO advantages of UNIX/Linux over the windows operating system (4 Marks)

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