1.7 Systems Software

What type of software is needed to control the computer's hardware?

• Programming software

• Systems software

• Application software

• Bespoke software

Which of the following is not a type of systems software?

• Device Drivers

• Utility Programs

• Applications

• Operating Systems

A Virtual Machine (VM) is designed to...

• allow the user to play games with Virtual Reality headsets

• allow the user to virtually use an Operating System

• allow a Mac to run Windows

• hide the complexities of hardware from the user

Dividing tasks so that the OS appears to multitask is performed under...

• Memory management

• File management

• Processor management

• Peripheral management

Dividing processor time between processes so that they appear to multitask is known as...

• Time slicing

• Fish slicing

• Time waiting

• Idle time

The OS needs to manage...

• objectives

• electricity

• restores

• resources

To allow a user to interact with an OS, it must have a...

• user connection

• user interface

• virtual connection

• remote access

Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers (WIMP) is part of a...

• Graphical User Interface

• Command Line Interface

• Menu Driven Interface

• Voice Command Interface

The OS will allocate sections of RAM to processes as part of...

• processor management

• file management

• peripheral management

• memory management

Which piece of software is used to control hardware devices and allow an OS to make use of hardware?

• Device Management

• Device Driver

• Device System

• Hardware Peripheral Device