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WorksheetsOperating Systems
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
Allocating time on the processor to individual processes is known as...
a)
CPU Scheduling
b)
CPU Timing
c)
CPU Clocking
d)
CPU Sorting
2.
A process is a...
a)
program in execution
b)
program on the hard drive
c)
high level program
d)
low level program
3.
What are the two ways an OS can close a file?
a)
Normally or Abnormally
b)
Mouse Click or Automatic
c)
Simple or Complex
d)
Complete or Partial
4.
What is defragmentation?
a)
Rearranging files to occupy contiguous space.
b)
Speeding up processing.
c)
Rearranging the RAM.
d)
Rearranging processes queued for processing.
5.
Which of the following is not a resource managed by the OS?
a)
Bandwidth
b)
Secondary Storage
c)
RAM
d)
Programs
6.
Which of the following is not a resource managed by the OS?
a)
CPU
b)
Cache
c)
Graphics Processor
d)
Data
7.
When the OS creates temporary RAM on the Hard Drive it is known as...
a)
Virtual Memory
b)
Cache
c)
Registering
d)
Defragmenting
8.
Which of the following is not systems software?
a)
Web Browser
b)
Anti Virus
c)
Firewall
d)
Zip Compression
9.
The OS provides a platform that enables what to be run?
a)
Applications
b)
Hardware
c)
Cache
d)
Processes
10.
Most modern OS integrate what into the kernel?
a)
GUI
b)
Hardware
c)
Processes
d)
Cache
11.
Network OS track which user has done what, this is known as a...
a)
Audit Trail
b)
Monitoring App
c)
Cookie
d)
Spyware
12.
A message sent by the OS to change the CPU schedule is known as...
a)
Interupt
b)
Poll
c)
Cache
d)
Defrag
13.
A network OS will provide user user names to identify users and and passwords to...
a)
Authenticate Users
b)
Validate Users
c)
Scan Users
d)
Secure Users
14.
Keeping track of the location of processes in memory and allocating space to new processes is known as...
a)
Memory Management
b)
Process Management
c)
Memory Scheduling
d)
Process Scheduling
15.
Keep track of where a program is in the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle is...
a)
Process Management
b)
CPU Scheduling
c)
Process Scheduling
d)
CPU Management
16.
Holding more than one process in the memory at any one time is known as multi-tasking or...
a)
Multi-programming
b)
Parallel Processing
c)
Timesharing
d)
Process Management
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