System Software and Computer Management Module 1.5

An Operating system is:

• hardware software that controls all activities that take place in a computer

• memory software that controls all activities that take place in a computer

• system software that controls all activities that take place in a computer

• storage software that controls all activities that take place in a computer

What is the first thing that happens when a computer is switched on

• Try and find and load the operating system

• Instructions perform some basic hardware tests

• Process of loading the operating system is called booting the computer

• Computer looks for instructions to follow (on ROM)

Which of the following is NOT The role of the operating system:

• Providing the user interface

• Managing programs

• Preventing basic security

• Managing hardware

How would I open the Task Manager?

• Shift+Alt+Del

• Ctrl+Alt+Del

• Ctrl+Enter+Del

• Ctrl+Alt+Enter

What are the TWO things the Task Manager does?

• Provides some information about the computer’s performance and the applications and processes running.

• Helps you find the missing documents scattered all over the hard-drive of the computer.

• Gathers information on the processing and compiling of modern documents and related aspects.

• Most often used to terminate a process or program that is not responding.

Select the answers that are TRUE:

• Single‑user operating system can only be used by a single user at a time

• Single‑user operating system can only be downloaded by a single user at a time

• Multi‑user operating systems allows multiple users to download a computer system at the same time

• Multi‑user operating systems allows multiple users to access a computer system at the same time

Operating system utilities is

• Computers that perform system maintenance and administrative tasks

• Programs that perform system maintenance and administrative tasks

• Hardware that perform system maintenance and administrative tasks

• Disks that perform system maintenance and administrative tasks

File property is:

• Additional data stored about a file

• Property of file that can be set

• Basic information about files, name, size and date modified

• Process of reducing the size of a file

File attribute is:

• Additional data stored about a file

• Property of file that can be set

• Basic information about files, name, size and date modified

• Process of reducing the size of a file

Metadata is:

• Additional data stored about a file

• Property of file that can be set

• Basic information about files, name, size and date modified

• Process of reducing the size of a file