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WorksheetsBtec unit 1 - A3 - operating systems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does GUI stand for?
Genuine Umpire Impressions
Graphical User Interface
Graphic Up Industry
Which of these is not a function of an OS:
Provide a user interface
Communicate with hardware
Allow the computer to multi-task
Improves CPU performance
Which of these is an advantage to using a command-line interface over a GUI?
More interactive
Easier to use
Less resource heavy
What does the OS manage to allow multi-tasking?
Hard disk
Memory and CPU
Motherboard
Single-user operating systems can have multiple user accounts.
True
False
How can the OS help manage security of the system?
The OS can hire backup
User accounts may be password protected
Files can self destruct after a set time
How many applications can be processed by the CPU at a time?
1
2
3
Several
The term OS is short for?
Apple
Operating Software
Operating System
Overload System
The operating system is a type of
system software
general purpose software
utility software
application software
What manages the hardware and runs the software?
Computer Systems
Dedicated Systems
Embedding Systems
Operating Systems
What is a good definition of software?
parts of a computer that are soft
Parts of a computer that you can't see
A set of rules that tell a computer what to do
games
Which of the following operating systems is free and open-source?
Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
UNIX
