Resource Management

Which of these are resources that are managed by the operating system?

• memory and storage

• transmission media

• input / output devices

• processor usage

• BIOS

A sequential set of instructions stored in secondary storage is known as.....

• a process

• a program

A sequential set of instructions that has been loaded into memory ready to be run is known as ....

• a process

• a program

Memory management can be divided into these three areas....

• Organisation

• Prioritisation

• Optimisation

• Protection

• Efficacy

What are the four memory organisation methods?

• Segmented

• Paged

• Adjascent

• Partitioned

• Contiguous

...................... memory is suitable for systems that only run a single process such as in embedded systems.

• contiguous

• paged

• partitioned

• segmented

...................... memory makes efficient use of memory but less efficient use of the processor

• contiguous

• paged

• partitioned

• segmented

...................... memory makes more efficient use of the process but less efficient use of memory

• contiguous

• paged

• partitioned

• segmented