CA170 - Introduction to Operating Systems
Module
- CA170
- COMSCI 1
- 100 percent CA. No exam.
- I do not use Loop. I use my website for notes.
I use Einstein for coding practicals.
Anything you see on Loop would be old modules.
Repeat
A repeat is available for all components of the module.
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Coding
- The CA coding work is Shell scripts.
- You will write them in the lab sessions.
- Online. Open book. No talking.
- Upload your solutions to Einstein for automatic running and marking.
- Each test will be revealed on the day.
- You will have a limited window (the lab session) to pass the Einstein tests.
- Within that window, you can have multiple tries until you pass the Einstein tests.
Quiz
- The final part of the CA will be a quiz.
- This will be done in a lab session.
- Online. Open book. No talking.
- Multiple choice. Whole course. No negative marking.
- Fill in the answers online. Press "Submit" when done.
- You will not find out your marks on the day.
- There will be a time limit (the lab session).
- Sample quiz
- 2nd Sample quiz
- These are for practice. These are NOT FOR MARKS.
About the notes
My notes contain many hyperlinks to background material.
Some students get confused about what is the core course.
The core course is
anything that is linked to directly on this front page.
All other links are just background material.
Reading
Library categories
- 005 - Computer programming, programs, data
- 005.4 - Systems programming and programs