Operating System Quiz

Which part of the operating system is unique to each operating system?

• User Command Interface

• Memory Manager

• Process Manager

• File Manager

The ____ must receive the electrical impulses from the keyboard, decode the keystrokes to form the command, and send the command to the User Command Interface, where the Processor Manager validates the command.

• Device Manager

• Keyboard Manager

• File Manager

• Memory Manager

____ include(s) every peripheral unit in the system such as printers, disk drives, CD drives, magnetic tape devices, keyboards, DVD players, modems, and so on.

• The CPU

• Processors

• I/O Devices

• Secondary components

In a computer, the ____ holds the Central Processing Unit, the Arithmetic and Logic Unit, registers, cache, and main memory.

• parallel system

• tower

• USB interface

• monitor

The most powerful microcomputers used by commercial, educational and government enterprises are called ____.

• supercomputers

• terminals

• minicomputers

• workstations

What is the primary distinguishing characteristic of modern computers?

• memory capacity

• disk space

• processor capacity

• physical size

Which of the following requires a real-time system?

• space flights

• telephone switching

• airport traffic control

• All of the above

A hybrid system is a combination of the ____ systems.

• interactive and real-time

• batch and real-time

• batch and interactive

• real-time and general-purpose

What type of system is designed to perform one specific function?

• Real-time

• Embedded

• Interactive

• Hybrid

What is the name for the core part of operating system software?

• manager

• core

• center

• kernel