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Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2023 examination

GTU 3140702 Operating System (OS) Summer 2023 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · Computer Engineering · Semester 4 · Subject code 3140702

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Total: 70 marks
To pass: 23 marks (33%)
Duration: 2.5 Hours 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Questions: 5 with internal choice

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13 of 25 questions on this paper were also asked in other years. Each is marked below with the years it appeared.See all 27 repeated 3140702 questions, most asked first

Q.1

14 Marks

(a)

3 marksAsked in 3 of 6 papers

Explain any three main functions of an Operating System.

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q1a, Winter 2024 Q1a

(b)

4 marks

Describe the features of a distributed operating system.

(c)

7 marksAsked in 3 of 6 papers

What is a process? Explain about various fields of process control block.

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q5c, Summer 2025 Q3b OR

Q.2

14 Marks

(a)

3 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

Define multi-threading? Explain its benefits.

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q2a

(b)

4 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

Describe the differences among long-term scheduling. short-term, and medium- term scheduling.

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q2b

(c)

7 marks

Demonstrate FIFO and Round Robin CPU scheduling algorithms with suitable example.

(c)

7 marks

What is semaphore? Explain its implementation as wait and signal for providing process synchronization?

Q.3

14 Marks

(a)

3 marks

What are the advantages of inter-process communication? How communication takes place in a shared-memory environment?

(b)

4 marksAsked in 5 of 6 papers

What are the conditions under which a deadlock situation may arise?

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q5a OR, Winter 2025 Q4b, Summer 2025 Q3b, Winter 2024 Q3a OR

(c)

7 marksAsked in 4 of 6 papers

Explain the readers and writers problem.

Also asked in Summer 2026 Q4c, Winter 2025 Q2c OR, Summer 2025 Q2c

(a)

3 marks

What is race condition?

(b)

4 marks

What are the methods for handling deadlocks?

(c)

7 marksAsked in 4 of 6 papers

Explain the dining-philosophers problem.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q2c, Winter 2024 Q3c OR, Winter 2023 Q3c OR

Q.4

14 Marks

(a)

3 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

Explain the difference between logical and physical addresses.

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q4a

(b)

4 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

When do page faults occur? Describe the actions taken by the operating system when a page fault occurs.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4a

(c)

7 marksAsked in 5 of 6 papers

Explain Banker's deadlock-avoidance algorithm with an illustration.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4c, Summer 2025 Q3c, Winter 2024 Q5c OR, Winter 2023 Q4c

(a)

3 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

Explain the following allocation algorithms:

1)First-fit

2)Best-fit

3)Worst-fit

Also asked in Winter 2023 Q5c

(b)

4 marksAsked in 4 of 6 papers

Explain the difference between internal and external fragmentation.

Also asked in Winter 2025 Q4c OR, Summer 2025 Q4a, Winter 2024 Q3b

(c)

7 marks

Explain the different file access methods in detail.

Q.5

14 Marks

(a)

3 marks

Explain domain of protection.

(b)

4 marks

Write a short note on: system threats.

(c)

7 marks

Explain in detail Synchronization implementation in Linux.

(a)

3 marks

What are the main difference between capability lists and access lists?

(b)

4 marks

Write a short note on: program threats.

(c)

7 marksAsked in 2 of 6 papers

What is virtualization? Explain the benefits of virtualization.

Also asked in Winter 2024 Q4a OR

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