Blog: Cs604 Midterm Current Papers VU Fall 2011 (www.vusolutions.com)

CS604 Midterm Current Papers VU Fall 2011 (www.vusolutions.com)

Question No: 3 ( M a r k s: 1 ) http://****.net

The -------------- system call suspends the calling process.

► fork

► wait

► exec

► exit

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In ---------addressing, the recipient is not required to name the sender.

► Symmetric

► Asymmetric

► Both symmetric and asymmetric

► None of the given options

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-------- command gives a snapshot of the current processes.

► ps

► top

► who

► ls

Question No: 6 ( M a r k s: 1 ) http://****.net

--------------command to resume the execution of a suspended job in the foreground

► fg

► bg

► jobs

► kill

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You can use the ------------- command to display the status of suspended and background processes

► fg

► bg

► jobs

► kill

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You can terminate a foreground process by pressing --------------

► <Ctrl-A>

► <Ctrl-C>

► <Ctrl-Z>

► None of the given options

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A time sharing system is 

► Multi tasking

► Interactive

► All of these 

► Multi user

Question No: 10 ( M a r k s: 1 ) http://****.net

The main characteristic of a Real time system is

► Efficiency

► Large Virtual Memory

► Large secondary storage device

► Usability

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Shared libraries and kernel modules are stored in _____________ directory

► /bin

► /dev

► /boot

► /lib

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__________ scheduler selects the process from the job pool and put them in main memory.

► Long term

► Short term

► Medium term

► Swapper

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In indirect inter process communication, a sender ___ mention the name of the recipient.

► do

► do not

Question No: 14 ( M a r k s: 1 ) http://****.net

A ______________ is an integer variable that, apart from initialization is accessible only through two standard atomic operations: wait and signal.

► Semaphore 

► Monitor

► Critical region

► Critical section

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A semaphore that cause Busy-Waiting is termed as ___________.

► Spinlock

► Monitor

► Critical region

► Critical section

Question No: 16 ( M a r k s: 1 ) http://****.net

The execution of critical sections must NOT be mutually exclusive

► True

► False

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The performance of Round Robin algorithm does NOT depends heavily on the size of the time quantum.

► True

► False

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The following requirement for solving critical section problem is known as ______________.

"There exists a bound on the number of times that other processes are allowed to enter their critical sections after a process has made a request to 

enter its critical section and before that request is granted."

► Progress

► Bounded Waiting

► Mutual Exclusion

► Critical Region

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The critical section problem can be solved by the following except

► Software based solution

► Firmware based solution

► Operating system based solution

► Hardware based solution

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___________ is also called Swapper.

► Swap space

► Medium term scheduler

► Short term scheduler

► Long term scheduler

Question No: 21 ( M a r k s: 2 ) 

Write the formula/ procedure for calculating the waiting time in preemptive Shortest Job First scheduling.

Question No: 22 ( M a r k s: 2 ) 

What are the common data structures in Bakery Algorithm?

Question No: 23 ( M a r k s: 3 ) 

If a process exits and there are still threads of that process running, will they continue to run?

Question No: 24 ( M a r k s: 3 ) 

What are the important characteristics of TestAndSet? What will be its advantage.

Question No: 25 ( M a r k s: 5 ) 

Considering the Resource sharing feature of thread, what do you think is 'resource sharing' an advantage of a thread or disadvantage of a thread. Explain 

yours answer briefly.

Question No: 26 ( M a r k s: 5 ) 

Analyze the given algorithm proposed to solve the critical section problem. Identify the shortcomings of this algorithm.

do{

while(turn!=j);

critical section

turn=j;

remainder section

} while(1)