1. Midterm Review
CSE421A,B
B.Ramamurthy
4/12/2019
B.Ramamurthy

2. Exam Place and Time Date : 2/26/2003
Time and Place: regular class time and room.
Please bring
calculators
2 A4-size sheets (both sides) of any information you may need, written by you.
Pencils, pens and erasers.
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3. Topics Nachos: Roadmap Project 1
Operating System Structures: Chapter 1
Processes
Threads including Nachos Threads
CPU Scheduling
Mutual Exclusion, Synchronization and Inter-Process Communication models
Class notes on all the chapters
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4. Specific Chapters Chapter 1 and 2 (2.1-2.5)
For all the chapters also study the class notes which is available on line
Nachos: Syscall API and Exception handling
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5. Format 4 major questions 25 points each; may have many subsections.
Each question may have many subsections
See the review question that we will discuss during lecture.
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6. Tentative Question Topics
Nachos Details: System call, project1 material
Process Scheduling
IPC models: Producer/Consumer, Reader/writer, etc.
Synchronization at various levels: lock, semaphores, monitors
Process description and control
4/12/2019
B.Ramamurthy