12 Advanced 2024 - 2025

What are the two main categories of software ?

• Hardware and Application Software

• System Software and Application Software

• Users and Operating System

• CPU and I/O

List the types of hardware

• CPU, Memory, I/O

• Operating System, CPU, I/O

• Application Software, CPU, Memory

• System Software, I/O, Memory

Why is the operating system considered central in managing both hardware and software components?

• It directly controls users and memory

• It manages the interaction between users, software, and hardware

• It handles data storage on the cloud

• It only manages system software

List some of main function of an operating system ?

What is a program in execution by a CPU called ?

• Thread

• Process

• Task

• Job

During its execution period, a process can take on different :

• Cycles

• Instructions

• States

• Algorithms

Which of the following is NOT a valid state a process can be in?

• New

• Running

• Terminated

• Ready

When a process is created but not admitted for execution, then the process is

• Waiting

• New

• Running

• Terminated

Which of the following process state transitions is not possible ?

• ready to running

• running to ready

• new to waiting

• running to terminated

A process enters the running state and finds no more input / output requests by the process. The process will go into which state ?

• New

• Terminate

• Running

• Waiting