Topic 6 Resource Management

This piece of hardware is made of circuits, connects all pieces of the computer, and is sometimes called the "backbone."

• Random Access Memory (RAM)

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• Motherboard

• Computer

What is known as the "brain" of the computer?

This type of memory is temporary and often referred to as the "working" memory, as it is erased when logging off or shutting down.

What type of drive is a flash drive?

• Optical Drive

• Solid State Drive (SSD)

• Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

• USB

The main, and usually the largest, data storage device in the computer.

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

• Optical Drive

A feature of an operating system (OS) that allows a computer to compensate for shortages of physical memory by temporarily transferring pages of data from random access memory (RAM) to disk storage.

Which operating system does ensure a higher level of security ?

• Dedicated operating system

• Legacy operating system

• Local operating system

A signal to the processor emitted by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention.

• Interrupt

• Polling

• Paging

... is a part of virtual memory creation proccess

• Interrupt

• Polling

• Paging

Select OS resource management techniques

• Scheduling

• Multitasking

• Deleting

• Copying