OCR J277 Unit 1.5 Systems Software Part 1

What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware?

• Programming Software

• Systems Software

• Application Software

• Bespoke Software

The following is not a type of Systems Software

• Device Drivers

• Utility Programs

• Applications

• Operating Systems

A Virtual Machine is said to…

• Allow the user to play games with Virtual Reality Glasses

• Allow the user to virtually use an Operating System

• Allow a MAC to run on Windows

• Hide the complexities of the hardware from the user

To allow a user to interact with an Operating System – it must have a ?

• User Connection

• User Interface

• Virtual Connection

• Remote Access

Which type of User Interface contains Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointers?

• Command Line Interface

• Graphical User Interface

• Menu Interface

• No User Interface

Raspbian is an example of what type of Operating System?

• Command Line Interface

• Graphical User Interface

• Menu Interface

• No User Interface

Utility programs are usually…..?

• Part of the Operating System

• Bought on a disk from a store

• Only needed if you connect to the Internet

• Very Expensive to buy

To scramble data so that it is unreadable is a form of….?

• Compression

• Encryption

• Backing up

• Defragmentation

Encryption does not prevent someone from intercepting a message it only prevents them from being able to understand it, true or false?

• True

• False

Unencrypted messages are called which?

• Plaintext

• Ciphertext

• Keytext

• Originaltext