Assignment:
Operating Systems
Assignment: Online Quiz and Answering Questions
Purpose of this assignment:
The purpose of this written assignment is to verify students' knowledge on some of the topics covered in the second half of the course:
The Device Handler, File management, Deadlock, UNIX/Linux OS commands. Students must answer Multiple Answer Questions and write a report on selected OS topics and algorithms. In this assignment students would:
• Apply their knowledge on the topic of device handler's seek strategies in answering a question related to the topic
• Report their understanding on system deadlock and provide an example of a deadlock scenario for a given system
• Demonstrate their competency in the use of a command line interface to operate with and manage Unix/Linux OS
Description of this assignment:
This assignment consists of two parts:
Part A: An online quiz Assignment 2, which includes 40 questions. Students may have 3 attempts at this quiz. The system will keep the highest grade.
Part B: Answering 3 questions related to aspects of Operating Systems,
Submission guidelines:
1. Your submission should include the following:
• The cover page must identify student (name and number), teaching staff, and assignment.
• The assignment must use 12-point font size minimum and at least single line spacing with appropriate section headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list. You can refer to the lecture notes, textbook, Internet websites or any other books or resources for your report. However, make sure that you write the report in your own words and clearly write all the references that you have used. IEEE style should be used for referencing (URL: https://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf).
2. The assignment must be submitted using the appropriate online submission in the Moodle system.