LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

[Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to Anna University] Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CS2028 UNIX INTERNALS UNIT TEST I

Date: 23-1-2012 Time: 11/2 Hr Marks: 50

PART A: TWO MARKS: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Define Inode? What is meant by pathname? Explain with an example? Define user mode and kernel mode? Mention the conditions for representing status of buffer? Write the algorithm for reading a disk block?

5*2=10

ANSWER BRIEFLY: 6) Explain Sleep and Wakeup process in detail? (8m) 7) Discuss in detail about retrieval of buffer scenarios 1 and 3 with the algorithm? 8) Write short notes on: (16m) y Operating system primitives, y Processor execution levels, y Interrupts and exceptions?

LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

[Approved by AICTE & Affiliated to Anna University] Department of Computer Science and Engineering

CS2028 UNIX INTERNALS UNIT TEST I

Date: 23-1-2012 Time: 11/2 Hr Marks: 50

PART A: TWO MARKS: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) What is meant by Buffer cache? Define paging system? Mention advantages of Buffer cache? Write an algorithm for writing a disk block? Mention some basic shell commands?

5*2=10

ANSWER BRIEFLY: 6) Describe UNIX system structure in detail? (8m) 7) Discuss in detail about retrieval of buffer scenarios 2, 4 and 5 with the algorithm? (16m) 8) Explain UNIX OS Architecture in detail? (16m)