1.5 System software - revision quiz

What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware?

• Programming Software
• System Software
• Application Software
• Bespoke Software

The following is not a type of Systems Software

• Device Drivers
• Utility Programs
• Applications
• Operating Systems

Dividing tasks so that the Operating System appears to multitask is dealt with under:

• Memory Management
• File Management
• Processor Management
• Peripheral Management

Diving processor time between processes so that they appear to multitask is known as:

• Time Slicing

• Time splitting

• Time waiting

• Idle Time

Operating Systems need to manage System _________?

• Objectives
• Electricity
• Restores
• Resources

To allow a user to interact with an Operating System – it must have a______ ?

• User Connection
• User Interface
• Virtual Connection
• Remote Access

Windows, Icons, menus and Pointers are all part of this?

• Graphical User Interface
• Command Line Interface
• Menu Interface
• No User Interface

Operating Systems will allocate sections of RAM to the processes as part of:

• Processor Management

• File Management

• Peripheral Management

• Memory Management

Utility programs are usually…..?

• Part of the Operating System

• Bought on a disk from a store

• Only needed if you connect to the Internet

• Very Expensive to buy

A fragmented hard drive is one in which…..?

• Program instructions and data are spread across tracks and sectors on the hard disk drive

• Programs and instructions are grouped together to occupy a continuous section of the harddisk drive

• A hard disk drive that has been dropped and broken into lots of pieces

• The hard disk drive is split into portions each representing a different logical drive.