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Previous Year Question Paper

CY-501 (GS) – OS Internals for Security Support

November 2022•CSCY•SEMESTER-5
November 2022
Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3 Hours
Instructions:

• Attempt any five questions.

• All questions carry equal marks.

• In case of any doubt or dispute the English version question should be treated as final.

Q.1
a)Unit 1

What is the role of kernel in operating systems? Explain with help of neat diagram?

b)Unit 1

What is the use of Buffer Cache and Buffer header? Explain in detail.

Q.2
a)Unit 2

Define IPC. How IPC is implemented with help of shared memory method, explain?

b)Unit 2

Explain about different types of Semaphores with examples.

Q.3
a)Unit 3

How to implement Security and Protection in Operating Systems, briefly explain?

b)Unit 3

Write short notes on Worms, Trojans and Root-kits.

Q.4
a)Unit 4

Describe about Virtualization techniques used for security implementation.

b)Unit 4

Explain in detail about secure co-processors.

Q.5
a)Unit 5

Write about "Windows internals".

b)Unit 5

What is Socket? What do you know about socket programming? Explain it.

Q.6
a)Unit 1

What is Mounting and Un-mounting? Write advantages and disadvantages.

b)Unit 2

Explain Principals of Concurrency.

Q.7
a)Unit 3

Discuss the problem with Ransomware malware. How to protect from this?

b)Unit 4

What is the importance of secure wallets? Explain in detail.

Q.8
a)Unit 5

Write a short note on: Windows global flags

b)Unit 5

Write a short note on: System worker threads in windows

c)Unit 1

Write a short note on: Structure of Buffer pool

d)Unit 2

Write a short note on: Process scheduling