Practice: OS rapid-fire and numericals
60 min · Advanced
This practice set mixes every OS topic in the module the way tests and interviews do: quick definitions, numericals under time pressure, a deadlock scenario and wrong answers to correct. Work each part with a timer, then score yourself honestly with the sheet in the Summary tab.
Topics in this lesson
- Rapid-fire round and the self-scoring sheet
- Scheduling numericals drill
- Page-replacement numericals drill
- Deadlock scenario analysis
- Fixing wrong model answers
Interview questions this lesson answers
- Rapid-fire: What is the kernel?
- Rapid-fire: Program vs process?
- Rapid-fire: Name the five process states.
- Rapid-fire: What is in a PCB?
- Rapid-fire: Why is a thread switch cheaper than a process switch?
- Rapid-fire: What is a system call?
- Rapid-fire: What is a zombie process?
- Rapid-fire: Preemptive vs non-preemptive?
- Rapid-fire: What is the convoy effect?
- Rapid-fire: Which algorithm minimises average waiting time?
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