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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
END OF SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2018/2019,
TNF. 214: OPERATING SYSTEM DURATION: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all quéiions in section A (60 marks) and any other #wo (20 marks
cach) jn setion
SECTION A :
1. Which of the following is an inlet ‘between a computer user and computer hardware?
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B. Windows
C. Linux
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2. Which of the following is ttot & function of an Operating systerh? ” :
‘A. Control over systemis performance. begets:
B. Aids in error detection ‘ : ae
C. Job accounting fe :
OPivone of the above : A
_ #3. The program responsible for keeping track of devices is the...
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D. schedulerD. above mentioned
19, A machine system has 12 tape drives, with ‘m” processes competing for them. Each process
may need 6 tape drives. The maximum value ef ‘m’ for which the system is guaranteed to be
deadlock free is
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c.3
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20. A computer system is said to have 3 processes sharing 4 resources. If each process needs a
maximum of 2 resources then, deadlock:
A. has to occur
B. may occur
Qcan never occur
D. none of the mentioned :
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