Solved question paper for OS May-2023 (B-TECH 6th)
Solved Question Paper
Operating system May-2023
PTU • B-TECH • Electronics and Communication Engineering • 6th • May-2023
operating system previous year question papers on BRpaper are organized for students of Punjab Technical University’s Bachelor of Technology program in the Electronics and Communication Engineering stream, 6th semester. This section makes it easier to browse subject-wise old question papers for operating system, so students can review how questions on topics such as process management, memory management, and scheduling algorithms are typically framed in past exams. Many students search for operating system syllabus while preparing for exams, and this page is built to support exactly that kind of subject-wise browsing and revision. BRpaper is not the official website of Punjab Technical University or any institution, and it does not publish official notices or academic updates.
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PART-A
1. Introduction to Operating system, Role of Operating System as resource manager, function of
kernel and shell, operating system structures, views of an operating system.
2. Process management: CPU scheduling, Scheduling Algorithms, PCB, Process synchronization,
Deadlocks, Prevention, Detection and Recovery.
3. Memory Management: Overlays, Memory management policies, Fragmentation and its types,
Partitioned memory managements, Paging, Segmentation, Need of Virtual memories, Page
replacement Algorithms, Concept of Thrashing.
PART-B
4. Device Management: I/O system and secondary storage structure, Device management policies,
Role of I/O traffic controller, scheduler.
5. File Management: File System Architecture, Layered Architecture, Physical and Logical File
Systems, Protection and Security.
6. Brief study to multiprocessor and distributed operating systems.
7. Case Studies: LINUX / UNIX Operating System and Windows based operating systems.
Solved Questions
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Discuss structure of a disk.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What is a process? Discuss states of a process.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Discuss layered architecture of an operating system.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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Write main features of UNIX.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What is a deadlock? Write necessary conditions for deadlock occurrence.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2024 What are Deadlocks?
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May 2024 What is a deadlock? Explain necessary conditions for deadlock occurrence. Discuss any method used for deadlock avoidance with example.
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What do you mean by a Scheduler? Discuss its types.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What is a Process Control Block (PCB). What information is stored in this?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What do you mean by process synchronization?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What do you understand by locality of reference?Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2025 Explain the concept of locality of reference.
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What is swapping? Explain.Very Short Answer 2 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What do you mean by an operating system? Explain functionally of Batch and Multiprogramming operating Systems.Long Answer 5 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2024 Explain the concept of Operating Systems. What are types of operating system? What are Operating System services?
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May 2024 Briefly explain the functions performed by an Operating System.
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Explain various page replacement algorithms.Long Answer 5 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What are semaphores? How can they be used to implement mutual exclusion?Long Answer 5 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2025 What are Semaphores? Why are they used?
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May 2024 What are semaphores? How can they be used to implement mutual exclusion?
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Explain real time scheduling algorithms : RM and EDF.Long Answer 5 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2024 Discuss EDF real time scheduling method.
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Discuss FIF0, SSTF and C-SCAN methods of disk scheduling with example.Long Answer 5 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2024 What do you mean by disk scheduling? Explain in detail various disk scheduling algorithm with the help of suitable example.
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What do you mean by CPU scheduling? Explain various scheduling algorithms.Long Answer 10 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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May 2024 What are the different terminologies to take care of in any CPU scheduling? Explain any three scheduling algorithms with the help of examples.
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Explain various memory management schemes in detail.Long Answer 10 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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What is a file? Discuss various file access methods. Explain the directory structure in detail.Long Answer 10 Marks May-2023 • PTU B-TECH
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