What differences are there between a semaphore wait signal and a condition variable wait signal?
Explain condition variable.
What do you know about a pipe? When is it used?
Is non-pre-emptive scheduling frequently used in a computer? Why?
Explain bootstrap program in operating system.
Is it possible to have a deadlock involving only one process?
Name the functions constituting the os's memory management.
How does reference counting manage memory allocated objects?
What are the different synchronization mechanisms?
When does page fault error occur?
Why is a single serial port managed with a single interrupt-driven i/o but a front-end processor is managed using a polling i/o, such as a terminal concentrator?
Is it possible to have a deadlock involving only one process? Explain your answer.
What are the functions of operating system?
Explain booting the system in operating system.
How does reference counting manage memory allocated objects? When can it fail to reclaim objects?