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| Question | Asked @ | Answers |
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| While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to
duplicate the entire diskette? | | 1 |
| when a process is created using fork(). what is shared
between parent process and child process.
1.Heap 2. stack 3. shared memory segments 4. I/O handles | nvidia | 1 |
| List out some reasons for process termination. | | 2 |
| Differentiate between RAM and ROM? | IBM | 4 |
| What is lock granularity? | IBM | 1 |
| Explain the difference between micro-kernel and
macro-kernel? Give an examples of micro-kernel and
macro-kernel? | | 1 |
| What is the difference between primary & secondary storage
device? | | 2 |
| Differentiate between compiler and interpreter? | | 1 |
| Which is the best page replacement algorithm and Why ? | | 1 |
| Difference between Primary storage and secondary
storage? | | 1 |
| What is busy waiting? | | 1 |
| What is virtual memory? | | 2 |
| process means? | BFL | 1 |
| What are counting semaphores? | HP | 2 |
| unix system is
a)multi processing
b)multi processing ,multiuser
c)multi processing ,multiuser,multitasking
d)multiuser,multitasking | eInfochips | 1 |
| What are short, longand mediumterm scheduling? | | 1 |
| Virtual memory size depends on
[a] address lines [b] data bus
[c] disc space [d] a & c [e] none
| Wipro | 3 |
| What is software life cycle? | | 2 |
| What is the best suited algorithm to avoid internal
fragmentation? | HP | 1 |
| Explain about paged segmentation and segment paging? | | 1 |
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