1
GATE CSE 1996
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A solution to the Dining Philosophers Problem which avoids deadlock is
A
ensure that all philosophers pick up the left fork before the right fork.
B
ensure that all philosophers pick up the right fork before the left fork
C
ensure that one particular philosopher picks up the left fork before the right fork, and that all other philosophers pick up the right fork before the left fork
D
None of the above.
2
GATE CSE 1996
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A $$1000$$ Kbyte memory is managed using variable partitions but to compaction. It currently has two partitions of sizes $$200$$ Kbytes and $$260$$ Kbytes respectively. The smallest allocation request in Kbytes that could be denied is for
A
$$151$$
B
$$181$$
C
$$231$$
D
$$541$$
3
GATE CSE 1996
Subjective
+5
-0
A demand paged virtual memory system uses $$16$$ bit virtual address, page size of $$256$$ bytes, and has $$1$$ Kbyte of main memory. $$LRU$$ page replacement is implemented using a list, whose current status (page numbers in decimal ) is GATE CSE 1996 Operating Systems - Memory Management Question 28 English
$$\eqalign{ & \,\, \uparrow \cr & LRU\,Page \cr} $$
For each hexa decimal address in the address sequence given below,
$$00FF,$$ $$010D,$$ $$10FF,$$ $$11B0$$
Indicate,
i) The new status of the list
ii) Page faults, if any, and
iii) Page replacements, if any
4
GATE CSE 1996
Subjective
+5
-0
A file system with a one-level directory structure is implemented on a disk with disk block size of $$4$$ K bytes. The disk is used as follows:

Disk-block $$0:$$ File Allocation Table, consisting of one $$8$$-bit entry per date block, representing the data block address of the next date block in the file:

Disk block $$1:$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Directory, with one $$32$$ bit entry per file:
Disk block $$2:$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Data block $$1;$$
Disk block $$3:$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Data block $$2;$$ etc.

(a) What is the maximum possible number of files?
(b) What is the maximum possible file size in blocks?

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