Q1. Describe how short term, medium term and the long term scheduler work by giving appropriate illustration.
Q2. Describe Synchronous and Asynchronous RPC (or Remote Procedure Call) method with an illustration.
Q3. What are the advantages of a distributed file system if compared with a file in the centralized system?
Q4. What features of a distributed system would you choose for a system running on a totally reliable network?
Q5. Write down Banker’s safety algorithm and prove that the Banker’s safety algorithm needs an order of M x N2 operations.
Q6. Illustrate the meaning of the term critical section? By using semaphores, write down a solution to the readers and writers problem which gives priority to the readers.