Commonly Asked Operating Systems Interview Questions | Set 1

Basics :

1. What happens when we turn on computer?

CPU Scheduling :

1. Process | (Introduction and different states)
2. CPU Scheduling
3. Process Scheduler
4. FCFS Scheduling | Set 1
5. FCFS Scheduling | Set 2
6. Shortest Job First (or SJF) scheduling | Set 1 (Non- preemptive)
7. Round Robin scheduling
8. Priority Scheduling | Set 1
9. Convoy Effect in Operating Systems
10. Quiz on CPU Scheduling

Process Synchronization :

1. Process Synchronization | Introduction
2. Critical Section
3. Inter Process Communication
4. Mutex vs. Semaphore
5. Peterson’s Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion | Set 1 (Basic C implementation)
6. Peterson’s Algorithm for Mutual Exclusion | Set 2 (CPU Cycles and Memory Fence)
7. Process Synchronization | Monitors
8. Readers-Writers Problem | Set 1 (Introduction and Readers Preference Solution)
9. Banker’s Algorithm
10. Program for Banker’s Algorithm
11. Priority Inversion : What the heck !
12. What’s difference between Priority Inversion and Priority Inheritance ?
13. Quiz on Process Management in OS

Deadlock :

1. Deadlock Introduction
2. Deadlock Detection And Recovery
3. Deadlock Prevention And Avoidance
4. Quiz on Deadlock

Processes & Threads:

1. Zombie Processes and their Prevention
2. What exactly Spooling is all about?
3. Operating System | Thread
4. Operating System | User Level thread Vs Kernel Level thread
5. Multi threading models

Memory Management :

1. Operating System | Memory Management | Partition Allocation Method
2. Virtual Memory | Operating System
3. Virtual Memory Practice Questions
4. Operating System | Paging
5. Operating Systems | Segmentation
6. Operating System | Page Replacement Algorithms
7. Static and Dynamic Libraries | Set 1
8. Working with Shared Libraries | Set 1
9. Working with Shared Libraries | Set 2
10. Quiz on Memory Management

File and Disk Management :

1. File Systems | Operating System
2. File Allocation Methods
3. Disk Scheduling Algorithms
4. Quiz on Input-Output Systems