1. What is an operating system (OS)?
2. What are the main functions of an operating system?
3. Explain the difference between system software and application software.
4. What is the purpose of a kernel in an operating system?
5. What is the difference between a process and a thread?
6. How does an operating system manage memory?
7. What is virtual memory?
8. What is a file system?
9. Explain the concept of multitasking in operating systems.
10. What is the role of a device driver?
11. Define the term "scheduler" in an operating system.
12. What is a deadlock?
13. How can a deadlock be prevented?
14. What is context switching?
15. What are system calls?
16. Explain the difference between a uniprocessor and a multiprocessor system.
17. What is paging in operating systems?
18. What is segmentation?
19. Define the term "critical section" in concurrent programming.
20. What is the purpose of an interrupt?
21. What are the types of operating systems?
22. Explain the difference between a monolithic kernel and a microkernel.
23. What is a real-time operating system (RTOS)?
24. What is the purpose of the command line interface (CLI)?
25. What is a graphical user interface (GUI)?
26. Define the term "process control block" (PCB).
27. What is the difference between a hard link and a soft link?
28. Explain the concept of mutual exclusion in operating systems.
29. What is resource allocation?
30. What are semaphores and how are they used in operating systems?
31. What is a fork in operating systems?
32. Define the term "swapping" in operating systems.
33. What are the advantages of using an operating system?
34. What is the role of the BIOS in a computer system?
35. Explain the difference between volatile and non-volatile memory.
36. What is a bootloader?
37. What are threads, and why are they used?
38. What is the purpose of a shell in an operating system?
39. What is the difference between foreground and background processes?
40. Define the term "resource leak" in the context of operating systems.