CIE 0478 IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 - Software

An operating system is a type of application software.

• True

• False

System software includes both operating systems and utility programs.

• True

• False

Interrupts are used to pause a program's execution and handle a specific event.

• True

• False

Firmware is a type of software that is stored on hardware devices.

• True

• False

High-level languages are easier to read and write than low-level languages.

• True

• False

Assembly language is a high-level programming language.

• True

• False

Compilers translate high-level code into machine code.

• True

• False

Interpreters execute code line-by-line.

• True

• False

IDEs are software applications that help programmers write and debug code.

• True

• False

An operating system is responsible for managing hardware resources.

• True

• False