GCSE J277 - 1.5.1 - Operating Systems

The operating systems provides an interface between the user and the hardware

• True
• False

The process of the operating system deciding what should be in RAM at any given time

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The operating system dealing with requests / inputs / outputs

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The operating system allowing people to have different accounts

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The operating systems ability to provide read/write access to files

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The operating system providing users with usernames and passwords

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The operating systems ability to allow the user to move, delete and rename files

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

The part of the operating system which looks after keyboards, mice, printers, etc.

• User Management
• Memory Management
• File Management
• Peripheral Management

Multitasking: running more than 1 application at a time by giving each 1 a slice of CPU time

• True
• False

A type of interface which allow people to interact with windows, icons, menus and pointers

• Command Line Interface
• Graphical User Interface
• Natural Language Interface