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  1. Common Functions of Interrupts?

  2. I have deleted a file from recycle bin but i want to use that file how can i resore that file? I have already used system restore for the same but the file couldn't be restore?

  3. What do you mean by deadlock?

  4. How does the kernel help in differenciating device files from ordinary files?

  5. What do you understand by the protection fault?

  6. What is the difference between soft link and hard link in Unix operating system?

  7. What are signals in UNIX?

  8. What is virtual memory?

  9. What is CPU Scheduler?

  10. What is symbolic link in unix?

  11. Explain the steps that a shell follows while processing a command?

  12. What is deadlock and what are 4 conditions of deadlock?

  13. What is the difference between Hard and Soft real-time systems?

  14. What is the difference between cat and more command?

  15. What do you mean by u-area (user area) or u-block?

  16. Enumerate some of the most commonly used network commands in UNIX?

  17. What is the resident set and working set of a process?

  18. What do you mean by the protection fault?

  19. In what way the validity fault handler concludes?

  20. What are conditions on which deadlock can occur while swapping the processes?

  21. What are links and symbolic links in UNIX file system?

  22. What does the swapping system do if it identifies the illegal page for swapping?

  23. What are the criteria for choosing a process for swapping out of the memory to the swap device?

  24. What is Micro-kernel? What are the benefits of Micro-kernel?

  25. What do we do when the operating is crashed? How do we install another operating system?

  26. Give a non-computer example of preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling?

  27. Explain the types of interrupts in detail?

  28. What are data structures that are used for Demand Paging?

  29. How do I remove a file with funny characters in the file name ?

  30. What is the difference between unix and windows?

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