Gujarat Technological UniversitySummer 2025 examination

GTU 3141601 Operating System and Virtualization Summer 2025 Question Paper & PDF

B.E. · IT Engineering · Semester 4 · Subject code 3141601
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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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Q.1

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Define operating system? Give the view of OS as a resource manager.
(b)
4 marks
Give the difference between process and thread.
(c)
7 marks
Explain different types of operating system.

Q.2

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
What is the kernel in OS?
(b)
4 marks
How OS perform the context switch?
(c)
7 marks
What is race condition? Explain mutual exclusion.
(c)
7 marks
Draw and explain five state process diagram.

Q.3

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Explain scheduler and dispatcher in brief.
(b)
4 marks
List and explain various process scheduling criteria.
(c)
7 marks

Explain preemptive SJF and RR process scheduling algorithms with suitable example.

(a)
3 marks
What is busy waiting? Explain it.
(b)
4 marks
Explain LOCK variable for mutual exclusion.
(c)
7 marks
What is dead lock? Explain deadlock prevention.

Q.4

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Explain first fit, worst fit and best fit.
(b)
4 marks
Explain inverted page table.
(c)
7 marks
Explain various memory allocation scheme in OS.
(a)
3 marks
Explain virtual memory.
(b)
4 marks
What is page fault? How to handle it?
(c)
7 marks
Explain various page replacement algorithms with example.

Q.5

14 Marks
(a)
3 marks
Explain grep, cat, and sort commands in Linux.
(b)
4 marks
Write a shell script to find the larger number from three numbers.
(c)
7 marks

Explain FCFS, SSTF, SCAN and LOOK disk scheduling algorithms with suitable example.

(a)
3 marks
What is virtualization? List the types of virtualization techniques.
(b)
4 marks
Explain VMware server.
(c)
7 marks
Write a shell script to check given number is odd or even.

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Official Gujarat Technological University (GTU) examination paper for Operating System and Virtualization (Summer 2025, B.E. · IT Engineering, Sem 4). Features complete 70-mark regular & remedial examination pattern, official marking distribution across all 5 questions, and direct 1-click official PDF download.

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