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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

FACULTY OF COMMERCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


(HONOURS) DEGREE

YEAR TWO: SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION


OPERATING SYSTEMS – IT105
DATE: DECEMBER 2022 TIME: 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper carries 6 (six) questions.
2. Answer ALL questions in SECTION A and any 3 (THREE) in SECTION B.
3. Each question carries 20 Marks
4. The marks for each question are indicated in square [] brackets.

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SECTION A

QUESTION 1
a) You are employed as a System Administrator of a bank. The bank is about ot acquire a
new Operating System. Give advice to management on the desirable qualities of an
effective Operating System. [20]

QUESTION 2

b) A concerned parent has donated a computer for the School Development Association use
only. As a computer science teacher, you have been tasked to identify and install the
necessary software. Justify your choice of the software. [20]

SECTION B

QUESTION 3

(a) Describe in detail, five functions which an effective Operating System should
accomplish. [10]
(b) Explain briefly five types of Operating Systems. [10]

QUESTION 4

(a) Using a Process state diagram identify the different states a live process may occupy and
how a process moves between these states. [10]
(b) Explain the purpose of Interprocess Communication (IPC). [5]
(c) Differentiate between a process and a thread with some examples [5]

QUESTION 5

(a) Explain memory segmentation. [5]


(b) Discuss paging in memory management and how it operates. [5]

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(c) Consider the following set of processes that arrive at time 0, with the length of CPU time
given in milliseconds.

(i) Draw the Gantt Chart using the FCFS algorithm [2]
(ii) Calculate Average Turnaround time [2]
(iii) Calculate Average Waiting time [2]
(iv) Calculate Throughput [2]
(v) Calculate Processor Utilisation [2]

QUESTION 6

(a) Using examples, compare and contrast preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling as
used in process management. [4]
(b) Explain the following:
(i) Deadlock in Operating Systems using an example. [2]
(ii) Conditions that are necessary for a Deadlock to occur. [8]
(iii) Three strategies of dealing with a deadlock problem [6]

………………………..…END OF EXAMINATION………………………………….

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