Operating Systems & File Management

Which two of these are part of the key operating system functionality?

• anti-spyware software

• web browser

• file management

• user interface

What hardware does the file management functionality provide a level of abstraction on?

• printer

• secondary storage

• input/output

• processor

What is the name of the software which is run from ROM when the computer is powered on?

• Basic Input Output System

• Basic Instruction Operation Software

• Beginning Input Output Sequence

If a computer has multiple secondary storage devices connected, how will it know which one to check first for the operating system software?

• It will use the one connected to the primary motherboard connector

• It will check the boot order sequence from the BIOS

• It will inspect all of them at the same time to find an operating system

What is the name of the top level folder in a folder structure called?

• The top

• The leaf

• The root

• The shrub

Select the three types of user interface studied yesterday

• command line interface

• multiple document interface

• graphical user interface

• menu driven interface

• WYSIWYG

An operating system (tick all that applies)...

• ...is software

• ...allows the user to browse the world wide web

• ...manages files and folders for the user

• ...allows the user to communicate with the hardware

An operating system knows what default application software to use to open a file by...

• examining the full contents of the file

• sending messages to all the installed applications to request permission

• looking at the file extension & its list of default software for each extension

A file has (tick four from below)...

• A filename (inc. extension)

• A file path

• file contents (binary data)

• a permanently assigned application

• metadata maintained by the OS (e.g. last opened)

Consider these two statements

"The operating system is stored on the computer's ROM"

"The operating system software is loaded into RAM & executed as the final stage of boot up"

• The first statement is FALSE and the second statement is FALSE

• The first statement is FALSE and the second statement is TRUE

• The first statement is TRUE and the second statement is FALSE

• The first statement is TRUE and the second statement is TRUE