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1.5 Systems Software

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name

Class

Date

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

Dividing tasks so that the Operating System appears to multitask is dealt with under

Memory Management

File Management

User Management

Peripheral Management

Dividing processor time between processes so that they appear to multitask is known as

Time Slicing

Fish Slicing

Time waiting

Idle Time

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

User Connection

User Interface

Virtual Connection

Remote Access

Windows, Icons, menus and Pointers are all part of this?

Graphical User Interface

Command Line Interface

Menu Interface

No User Interface

This piece of software is used to control hardware devices and allow an Operating System to make use of the hardware

Device Management

Device Driver

Device System

Hardware Peripheral Device Question 11: This following

This following is an example of a peripheral

Processor

Main Memory (RAM)

External hard drive

ROM

which one of the following is not a Utility Program?

Disk Defragmentation Tool

Compression

Web Browser

Encryption

10.

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

11.

Lossy Compression is…..?

Usually performed on text

When some original data is lost and the original file cannot be re-created

The original file can be re-created from the compressed file

Turning the text into a format that only a reader with a key can decrypt it

12.

Lossless Compression is….?

Usually performed on video files

When some original data is lost and the original file cannot be re-created

The original file can be re-created from the compressed file

Turning the text into a format that only a reader with a key can decrypt it

13.

A fragmented hard drive is one in which…..?

Program instructions and data are spread across tracks and sectors on the hard disk drive

Programs and instructions are grouped together to occupy a continuous section of the hard disk drive

A hard disk drive that has been dropped and broken into lots of pieces

The hard disk drive is split into portions each representing a different logical drive.

14.

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

Compression

Encryption

Backing up

Defragmentation

15.

What kind of Hard drive gets fragmented?

Magnetic

Solid state

Both

16.

What is NOT a type of User Interface?

IOS

Graphical User

Command Line

Menu Driven

17.

What are the FIVE functions of an Operating System?

User Interface, User management, File management, Utility programs, Optical storage

User Interface, Solid state, Peripheral management, File management, Memory management

File management, Memory sharing, User management, Peripheral management, Solid state storage

Memory management, File management, User interface, User management, Peripheral management,

18.

What is User management?

Manages the passwords of every user

Controls levels of access by different users

Admin rights

Allows everyone to create a profile

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1.5 Systems Software

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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