Operating Systems Questions

• What is the cause of thrashing? How does the system detect thrashing? Once it detects thrashing, what can the system do to eliminate this problem?
• Explain Belady's Anomaly?
• List out some reasons for process termination.
• What is page cannibalizing?
• What are the disadvantages of context switching?
• What are the stipulations of C2 level security?
• What resources are used when a thread is created? How do they differ from those when a process is created?
• When designing the file structure for an operating system, what attributes are considered ?
• The main interface in Windows and OS X is __________ interface.
• When does the condition 'rendezvous' arise?
• What are the typical elements of a process image?
• Define latency, transfer and seek time with respect to disk I/O.
• What is a binary semaphore? What is its use?
• What are the reasons for process suspension?
• Explain the popular multiprocessor thread-scheduling strategies.
• What scheme does the Kernel in Unix System V follow while choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices?
• What is busy waiting?
• Which among the following is not aprocess state in unix?
• A computer assisted method for the recording and analyzing of existing or hypothetical systems is
• The program that is responsible for loading the operating system into RAM is the _______.