1. With a neat diagram, explain the windows NT, executive process and thread manager.

2. With a neat diagram, explain the steps followed by a cache manager of windows NT executive in
cached read operation.
3. Explain the organization of virtual address space of each process created by LINUX operating
System.
4. Explain the classification and categories of viruses by target and by concealment strategy.
5. With respect to computer security threats, describe any two kinds of thread consequences and
kinds of attacks that result in each consequence.
6. Explain the virtual address memory and page replacement algorithm in LINUX memory
management.
7. Explain the paging system and Kernel memory allocator in UNIX and Solaris memory
management.
8. Explain the following algorithms with example.
a)OPT b)LRU c)FIFO d)Clock
9. Explain the 4 different mechanism in which a user process can perform IPC using LINUX kernel.