1. Midterm Review
CSE4/521
B.Ramamurthy
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2. 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.
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3. 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
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4. Format 4 major questions 20(+/-5) points each;
Each question may have many subsections.
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5. 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.
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6. Text Chapters Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Sections: 1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7
All of chapter 2
Class notes, class discussions
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