COMP SCI 537 Midterm: CS 537 UW Madison 12 Spring Mid
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Please put your full name (mandatory) on this page only. It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. -isaac asimov. In life, sometimes a subtle difference makes no difference: you put on some blue pants instead of some green ones. Other times, a subtle difference makes all the difference in the world: you forget to put on any pants at all. In this exam, we"ll examine some subtle differences within an os; your job is to determine what the effects of these small changes are on the behavior of the operating system. Remember to read all of the questions carefully. Also note that two questions are worth a little more than the rest. What is the impact of this change to the shell, if any? (explain: the multi-level feedback queue policy periodically moves all jobs back to the top-most queue.
