1. Midterm Review
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2. Exam Date October 15, 2007 Please bring This is a closed book exam.
Pencils, pens and erasers.
This is a closed book exam.
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3. Topics Project 1 Operating systems structure
Processes and thread: description and control
CPU Scheduling
Mutual Exclusion, Synchronization and Inter-Process Communication models
Class notes
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4. Format 5 major questions 20(+/-5) points each;
Each question may have many subsections.
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5. Tentative Question Topics
Process Scheduling
IPC models: Producer/Consumer, Reader/writer, etc.
Synchronization at various levels: semaphores, test and set locks etc.; may involve c++ code
Process description and control
General questions
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