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Mca-20-13 Kuk Mca Operating System Paper

This document is a past exam paper for an Operating Systems course consisting of 4 units and 9 questions. It provides instructions for the exam, noting it is 3 hours and worth a maximum of 75 marks. Students must answer 5 questions total, with question 1 being compulsory. The questions cover topics like the differences between WANs and LANs, semaphore implementation problems, internal and external fragmentation, data encryption advantages, CPU scheduling algorithms, process coordination problems solved using semaphores, deadlocks vs starvation, memory management techniques, file sharing and protection, disk scheduling, access matrices, security threats and tools, distributed vs network operating systems, and distributed OS design issues.

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Mca-20-13 Kuk Mca Operating System Paper

This document is a past exam paper for an Operating Systems course consisting of 4 units and 9 questions. It provides instructions for the exam, noting it is 3 hours and worth a maximum of 75 marks. Students must answer 5 questions total, with question 1 being compulsory. The questions cover topics like the differences between WANs and LANs, semaphore implementation problems, internal and external fragmentation, data encryption advantages, CPU scheduling algorithms, process coordination problems solved using semaphores, deadlocks vs starvation, memory management techniques, file sharing and protection, disk scheduling, access matrices, security threats and tools, distributed vs network operating systems, and distributed OS design issues.

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Roll No. ............................

Total Pages : 3

CAME/D-20 24025
OPERATING SYSTEMS

Paper–MCA-20-13

Time allowed : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 75

Note : Attempt five questions in all, selecting one


question from each unit. Question No. 1 is
compulsory. All question carry equal marks.

Compulsory Question

1. (a) What are the main differences between a


WAN and a LAN? 4

(b) W h a t a r e t h e p r o b l e m s i n i n i t i a l
implementation of a semaphore? 4

(c) Explain the difference between internal and


external fragmentation. 4

(d) What are the advantages of encrypting data


stored in the computer system? 3

UNIT-I

2. Discuss various functions and types of operating


systems. 15

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3. Discuss various algorithms for CPU-Scheduling
using suitable examples. Also make a
comparative study of these algorithms. 15

UNIT-II

4. Discuss various classical process co-ordination


problems. How semaphores can be used for the
solution of these problems? 15

5. What is Deadlock? How is it different from


starvation? Discuss the algorithms to avoid a
deadlock using example. 15

UNIT-III

6. (a) Differentiate between the followings using


suitable examples: 9

(i) Logical and physical addresses

(ii) Static and dynamic allocation.

(b) How can we implement segmentation with


paging? Explain with suitable diagram and
example. 6

7. (a) Briefly discuss file sharing and protection. 7

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(b) Discuss various disk scheduling
algorithms. 8

UNIT-IV

8. (a) What is an access matrix? Describe


implementations of access matrix in brief. 7

(b) What is the security problem? Discuss


various security threats and tools. 8

9. What is distributed system? How does distributed


operating system differ from a network operating
system? Discuss the basic design issues that must
be addressed while designing distributed
operating systems. 15

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