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CMSC 421: Midterm Exam Study Guide
The midterm exam will be a set of ten essay questions from the following
topics where your answer will be at least one page long and you will be
graded on accuracy and
completeness of answer:
- Chapter 1: Types of operating systems
- Chapter 2: Computer System structures
Hardware Protection
- Chapter 3: Componets of an operating system
System Calls
Process Control
- Chapter 4: Process management
Creation
scheduling
IPCs
- Chapter 5: Threads
- Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling
- Chapter 7: Process Synchronization
Semaphores
Critical regions
- Chapter 8: Dead Locks
How is it possible?
How is it avoided?
- Chapter 9: Storage management
Logical vs Physical
Swapping vs Paging
Segmentation
Memory Allocation
- Chapter 10: Virual Memory
Demand paging
Page replacement algorithms
Pages vs. Frames
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