CS 9223 — ADVANCED SYSTEM SOFTWARE UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPERS

Reg. No. :
M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010
Second Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
CS 9223 — ADVANCED SYSTEM SOFTWARE
(Regulation 2009)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer ALL questions
PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
1. What is Lex compiler?
2. List the importance of device drivers.
3. Differentiate local symbol table from global symbol table.
4. What is ICAN for intermediate code?
5. Define Alias analysis.
6. What do you mean by local stack frame?
7. What are the two parts of a P-Code virtual machine?
8. State the features of CLI.
9. What do you mean by code-location problem?
10. Name the various classes of Grid users.
PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)
11. (a) (i) Explain the different phases of a compiler. (8)
(ii) Discuss the issues in the design of a code generator. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Describe the memory management strategies. (8)
(ii) Explain the dynamic binding of method calls to methods. (8)
12. (a) (i) Explain the structure of symbol table. (8)
(ii) Discuss the features of high level, medium level and high level
languages. (8)
Or
(b) Explain the Optimization in detail. (16)
13. (a) Explain the leaf routine optimization and shrink wrapping. (16)
Or
(b) Discuss the following:
(i) Code scheduling (8)
(ii) Speculative scheduling (8)
14. (a) Explain the Java Virtual Machine architecture in detail. (16)
Or
(b) Describe the various garbage collectors. (16)
15. (a) (i) Discuss the instruction set issues of IA-32. (8)
(ii) Explain the migration of Virtual Machines in VMotion. (8)
Or
(b) (i) What is profiling? Explain the profiling during interpretation. (8)
(ii) Discuss the characteristics of an ideal grid. (8)
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Reg. No. :
M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2010
Second Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
CS9223 — ADVANCED SYSTEM SOFTWARE
(Regulation 2009)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks
Answer ALL Questions
PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 Marks)
1. What is the use of lexical analyzer?
2. What is device driver?
3. Draw the symbol table structure.
4. Differentiate high level languages from medium level languages.
5. What do you mean by in-line expansion?
6. What is the advantage of code sharing?
7. Write down the features of object-oriented virtual machine.
8. List the steps involved in garbage collection.
9. What do you mean by emulation?
10. What are the issues in instruction set?

PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)
11. (a) (i) Explain the parameter passing methods. (8)
(ii) Explain the steps involved in implementing subprograms. (8)
Or
(b) (i) Explain the dynamic binding of method calls. (8)
(ii) Describe the memory management unit. (8)
12. (a) Discuss the local and global symbol table formats and their management.
(16)
Or
(b) What is the need for optimization? Discuss the early and loop
optimization techniques. (16)
13. (a) Discuss the following:
(i) Shrink wrapping (8)
(ii) Register allocations and assignment. (8)
Or
(b) Explain the logic behind speculative scheduling and instruction
scheduling with their relative merits and demerits. (16)
14. (a) Discuss the java virtual machine architecture. (16)
Or
(b) Explain the following:
(i) Various issues in dynamic class loading (8)
(ii) Security issues in virtual machines. (8)
15. (a) Discuss the various issues in profiling and migration. (16)
Or
(b) Give two examples for the real world implementation of system software
and discuss any one of it. (16)
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