Overview

Scope: chapters 1-5
- nothing about specific operating systems
- part 1: 10 T/F
- 10 multiple choice
- 8 short answer (less than a sentence)
- 6 short answer (2-4 sentences)
- several scheduling algorithms
  - pid, arrival time, burst time
  - partial credit for math shown
chapter 1
- lots of stuff from the quiz
- what are interrupts?
- size of bytes
- storage hierarchy
- what caching is
chapter 2
chapter 3
- memory
- PCB
- state
- schedulers
- what are context switches?
chapter 4
- benefits/challenges of multithreading
- parallelism vs. concurrency
- amdahl's law
  - what and why
- threading models
- nothing specific (java threads, etc)
chapter 5
- five scheduling algorithms
- given a list of processes
  - generate gantt chart
  - average wait time
  - average turnaround time
  - ...etc
General
- messaging
- how parameters are passed
- what does the operating system bring to the table?
  - much more specific than homework version

Questions on Exam

What does the operating system provide to assist in debugging?
- general idea: log files, kernel/core dumps, etc.