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MCA (403) (S05/OLD)(Sem - 4th) SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Time : 03 Hours Maximum Marks : 75

Instruction to Candidates: 1) 2) Section -A is Compulsory. Attempt any Nine questions from Section - B. Section - A Q1) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) n) o) Discuss different System Software that are commonly used in modern PCs. Differentiate between System Call and System Interrupt. Differentiate between Micro processor and Macro Processor. Discuss the basic features provided by a text editor. What is the purpose of Symbol table? Differentiate between Interpreter and Compiler. Briefly discuss different types of loaders. What do you mean by lexical analysis? What is a token in lexical analysis? Differentiate between pure and impure interpreter. What do you mean by local optimization? What do you mean by CPU scheduling? Differentiate between multitasking and multiprogramming. What is Page Map Table? Briefly discuss information management.
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(9 5 = 45) Explain flow chart of PASS-I of a two pass assembler. Discuss with examples the important elements of assembly language programming. What is a Macro preprocessor? Discuss important phases of its design. Discuss what feature of assembly language required us to build a two pass assembler? Explain the concepts of Dynamic Linking and Dynamic Binding with an example. What is the main advantage of using Relocating Loader? Discuss with example. Briefly discuss different types of activities performed in the optimization phase in the design of a compiler. Write a short note on self relocating programs.

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Q10) Briefly discuss the objectives of a segmented environment. Q11) What do you mean by problem of fragmentation? How it can be resolved? Q12) Explain the tasks of Traffic Controller in Processor Management. Q13) Discuss how demand paged allocation is implemented?

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