Midterm Review CSE4/521 B.Ramamurthy 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy

Exam Date March 9, 2007 Please bring This is a closed book exam. Pencils, pens and erasers. This is a closed book exam. No calculators. 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy

Topics Project 1 Operating systems structure Processes and thread: description and control CPU Scheduling Mutual Exclusion, Synchronization and Inter-Process Communication models Class notes and class discussions on all the topics 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy

Format 4 major questions 20(+/-5) points each; Each question may have many subsections. 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy

Tentative Question Topics Process Scheduling IPC models: Producer/Consumer, Reader/writer, etc. Process description and control: State diagram, context switch, system call and other important concepts Project 1 and PThread based question. 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy

Text Chapters Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Sections: 1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7 All of chapter 2 Class notes, class discussions 2/23/2019 B.Ramamurthy