1. a) Briefly explain multiple-partition allocation with example. Also explain Best Fit & First Fit allocation

     algorithms (5 marks)

  b) Explain multi-level queue scheduling and multi-level queue scheduling algorithms (5 marks)

2. What are the differences between seek time and transfer time in the context of the disk access time.

  Explain Free Space Management techniques of magnetic disks with suitable examples (10 marks)

3. a) Explain the evolution of the operating systems from simple batch processing system to today's standard

     operating systems.

  b) State the various services offered by operating systems.

  c) Discuss multi-programming versus single user systems in terms of throughput and CPU utilization. (10 marks)

FILE MANAGEMENT

Describe and compare contiguous, linked and indexed allocation of files on secondary memory. (20 marks)

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1a Multiplepartition allocation is a memory management technique where the available memory is divided into several partitions of different sizes Each process is assigned to a partition that is large ... View the full answer