| Other Operating Systems General Concepts Interview Questions |
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| Question | Asked @ | Answers |
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| What is difference between synchronous and asynchronous
threads and when can we use them? | HP | 1 |
| When does the condition 'rendezvous' arise? | | 2 |
| What is NV-RAM? | | 3 |
| What is the best suited algorithm to avoid internal
fragmentation? | HP | 1 |
| What are turnaround time and response time? | | 2 |
| Differentiate between ROM and RAM? | Sutherland | 2 |
| What is cache memory? | | 1 |
| What is mutant? | | 2 |
| Can ROM be used as stack? | | 1 |
| When the process is hung...what the immediate solution you
will give? | CA | 1 |
| What is the difference between microprocessor and
microcontroller? | Alcatel | 3 |
| What is busy waiting? | | 1 |
| What is busy waiting? | | 1 |
| What are the basic functions of an operating system? | Satyam | 1 |
| Why paging is used? | | 1 |
| RAM chips arranged in 4X6 array and of 8kX4bit capacity
each. How many address lines reqd. to access each byte
a. 12 b. 16 c.15 d. 17
| Hughes | 2 |
| List out some reasons for process termination. | | 2 |
| What is a compiler? | | 4 |
| What is interrupt table? | HP | 4 |
| Explain the concept of Reentrancy? | | 1 |
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