1
GATE CSE 1999
Subjective
+1
-0
Listed below are some operating system abstractions (in the left column) and the hardware components. Which matching pairs is correct?

$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$List-$${\rm I}$$
(a) Thread $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$(b) Virtual Address space
(c) File System $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$(d) Signal

$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$List-$${\rm II}$$
(1) Interrupt $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$(2) Memory
(3) $$CPU$$ $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$(4) Disk

2
GATE CSE 1999
MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A multi-user, multi-processing operating system cannot be implemented on hardware that does not support:
A
Address translation
B
DMA for disk transfer
C
At least two modes of CPU execution (privileged and non-privileged)
D
Demand paging
3
GATE CSE 1999
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
System calls are usually invoked by using:
A
A software interrupt
B
Polling
C
An indirect jump
D
A privileged instruction
4
GATE CSE 1999
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Which of the following actions is/are typically not performed by the operating system when switching context from process $$A$$ to process $$B$$ ?
A
Saving current register values and restoring saved register values for process
B
Changing address translation tables.
C
Swapping out the memory image of process A to the disk.
D
Invalidating the translation look-aside buffer.
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