Question 1

a) One major problem about process synchronization is called "Race Condition". Explain what Race Condition is and how it can be prevented

b) Describe three solutions to critical section problem

c) Explain the different methods used to handle deadlocks

d) Distinguish between "No preemption" and "circular wait" in deadlocks prevention

Question 2

a) Distinguish between logical and physical address space in memory management

b) Draw a diagram to show the "hardware support for Relocation and limit Registers"

c) Explain the three types of dynamic storage allocation

d) How can external fragmentation be reduced?

e) Briefly describe the hashed page table and inverted page table structure