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III Semester BCA Examination July 2013

Operating System
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks:80
Section A
Answer all the questions (20 marks)
1. What is multitasking?
2. Define cycle of process.
3. Define operating system.
4. What is thread?
5. Define a program called a Driver.
6. Define process synchronization.
7. What do you mean by dead lock?
8. What is a safe state?
9. What is medium term scheduler?
10. What is SJF technique

Section B
Answer any Five Questions (30 marks)

1) Explain the different types of operating system.
2) Explain the functions and services of operating system.
3) Explain process control block in detail.
4) Explain the four necessary condition of deadlock.
5) Explain the different types of file access methods.
6) Explain the FCFS, SJF, Priority algorithm in detail.
7) Explain the algorithm to support mutual exclusion.
8) Explain the different types of access methods.

SECTION C
Attempt any two questions. (30 Marks)

1. What is network? Explain its types.
2. Explain the functions of Protocol.
3. Why use Routers to connect LANs?