CS 3733 Operating Systems Final Exam Review
Listed here are the major topics covered on the final exam.
1. Everything from the midterm exam
Note that the final is comprehensive, but will concentrate on
topics that were not on the midterm.
2. Signals
Using the signal mask, catching and ignoring signals,
waiting for signals, interrupted system calls,
3. Process Scheduling
scheduling algorithms (FCFS, SJF, round robin, multi-level,
multi-level feedback)
4. Memory Management
partitions, paging, virtual memory, page replacement
(FIFO, LRU, optimal, second chance, clock), calculation of
effective memory access time.
5. Network Communication
client-server model, connectionless and connection-oriented,
UICI, sockets