Lesson 1 - Introduction to Operating Systems

A computer needs both hardware and software to work

• true

• false

What manages the hardware and runs the software?

• Computer Systems

• Dedicated Systems

• Embedding Systems

• Operating Systems

What is a good definition of software?

• parts of a computer that are soft

• Parts of a computer that you can't see

• A set of rules that tell a computer what to do

• games

Which of these is an example of an operating system?

• Windows

• Word

• Excel

• PS3

What can an operating system do?

• Allow the hardware and software to communicate?

• Make a computer run faster

• Make tea

• carry out hospital operations

a set of instructions which control the computer is....

• Hardware

• Software

• Firmware

• Loungewear

System software consists of the program that controls the operations of the computer and its devices. Two types of system software are ;

• Microsoft Word and Windows 10
• Utility programs and Windows
• Operating systems and utility programs
• Operating system and application software

What enables different parts of the CPU to work on different tasks at the same time

• Hyper Threading
• Multiplier
• Cores
• Bus Speed

What runs tasks like the operating systems, utilities, etc

• Embedded systems

• Application software

• System software

• Dedicated systems

Application software is...

• help the user run specific tasks like word processors, web browser, email, clients, games, etc

• run tasks like the operating systems, utilities, etc

• help the user run things down

• run tasks like the doing my homework, revision, etc