Midterm Exam

The midterm exam will cover this material:

• Chapters 1-11 - Processes and Scheduling
• Chapters 25-34 - Threads and Synchronization
• Projects 1-3 and Homeworks A-D

The exam will be about 4-5 pages and will be taken in class with pen and paper. You should be prepared to do the following sorts of things:

• Define essential terms.
• Sketch and describe overall structure of an operating system.
• Sketch and describe the hardware capabilities that underly an operating system.
• Explain the implementation of processes and system calls.
• Sketch and analytize the performance of different scheduling strategies.
• Solve thread synchronization problems.
• Write small amounts of C and assembly code related to the above.