Computer Science Operating Systems

Answer the following questions.

Question 1: The structure of the process in memory is includes a few parts. What are the different parts of the Process Memory Address Space? What information does each part holds?

Question 2: Discuss in detail the differences betweenshort-term, medium-term, and long-term scheduling.

Question 3: Discuss in detail the different process states. Draw the Process State Diagram.

Question 4: What is the context switch? What does the OS do during context switch? Should the OS reduce or increase the context switch and why? How is the context dependent on the hardware support?

Question 5: There are two models for Inter-Process Communication. Discuss in detail each of them and the advantages and disadvantages of each.