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University of Sargodha

BSCS 5th Mid Term Examination 2016

Subject: Computer Science Paper: Operating System (CMP-3621)

Time Allowed: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 30

1. Define context switch.

2. What is the key difference between a trap and interrupt?

3. Kernal

4. Virtual machine

5. Time Sharing Systems

6. Define DMA

Q.2 Define thread. What is different between process and thread? How threads improve the IPC? What

are user level threads and kernal level thread explain with threading models? Exaplain working of

thread using a code example of pthreads. [2+3+4+4+5]