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(#M40152806) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION Keep an EYE

No. of pages are given and using LRU algorithm we have to find the number of page faults.
a) 2 b) 6 c) 5 d)7

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(#M40029478) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

Q. What is page cannibalizing?

A. Page swapping or page replacements are called page cannibalizing.

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(#M40029458) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

Q. What is thrashing?

A. It is a phenomenon in virtual memory schemes when the processor spends most of its time swapping pages, rather than executing instructions. This is due to an inordinate number of page faults

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(#M40029467) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

Q. What is a trap and trapdoor?

A. Trapdoor is a secret undocumented entry point into a program used to grant access without normal methods of access authentication. A trap is a software interrupt, usually the result of an error condition

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(#M40029464) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

Q. What is Throughput, Turnaround time, waiting time and Response time?

A. Throughput - number of processes that complete their execution per time unit Turnaround time - amount of time to execute a particular process Waiting time - amount of time a process has been waiting in the ready queue Response time - amount of time it takes from when a request was submitted until the first response is produced, not output (for time-sharing environment)

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(#M40029499) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

What are the reasons for process suspension?
1) swapping
2) interactive user request
3) timing
4) parent process request

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(#M40153633) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION scheduling Keep an EYE

a computer memory is composed of 16k words of 8 bits

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(#M40018975) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION Operating System Questions Keep an EYE

What are the difference phases of
software development? Explain briefly?

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(#M40029456) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION operating system Keep an EYE

Q. What is process synchronization?

A. A situation, where several processes access and manipulate the same data concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place, is called race condition. To guard against the race condition we need to ensure that only one process at a time can be manipulating the same data. The technique we use for this is called process synchronization.

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(#M40018987) OPERATING SYSTEM QUESTION Operating System Questions Keep an EYE

What is a mission critical system ?

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