Wednesday, September 4, 2013

4 BCA - 4: UNIX OPERATING SYTEM NOV/DEC 2008 QUESTION PAPER

                                          IV SEMESTER B.C.A EXAMINATIONS NOV/DEC 2008
                                                                          NEW SCHEME
                                                                   COMPUTER SCIENCE
                                                          4 BCA - 4 :Unix Operating System

TIME:3HOURS                                                                                MAX.MARKS:80

Instructions : All sections are  compulsary

SECTION-A

Answer any eight of the following questions:         8 X 3 = 24

1.Explain the unix file system layout.

2.Explain  different file permissions and how they are assigned to owner ,group and others?

3.Explain with an example how bourne shell handles command line arguments.



4.Explain briefly the steps involved in CREAT system call.

5.Explain the use of the following commands with an example

a) Grep

b)Tail

6.What are the security levels in  Unix Operating System ?

7, Write a note on file compression.

8.Write unix commands for the following

a)To print the total numbers of users currently logged in

b) To merge files Class 1.dat and Class2 .dat as Class 3.dat

9.Write a shell program to reverse the given string

10.Explain the differnce between Multitasking and Multiprogramming

SECTION-B

Answer any four of the following      4 X 14 = 56

11.a)How does unix access files ?

     b)Explain with a neat Diagram of Unix System Kernal.      4 + 10

12.a)What is an interrupt ?Explain how interrupts are handled in unix ?

        b)Explain the steps involved in EXIT and EXEC  system calls  .   7 + 7

13.a) Explain file management in Unix Operating System.

      b)Explain differnt states of a process and its associated Unix System Calls.    7 + 7

14.a) what is a inode ? Explain how inodes are accessed with an examples ?

      b) Write a shell program to find the factorial of a given number.      8 + 6

15.a)Write a  notes on awk and sed.

  b)Write a shell program to display only the sub directories in the current
 
       directory using a for loop.     8  +  6

16.a)Explain different loop control structures available in bourne shell.

     b) Explain briefly supervisor privileges and user privileges       8 + 6

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