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Btec unit 1 - A3 - operating systems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does GUI stand for?

a)

Genuine Umpire Impressions

b)

Graphical User Interface

c)

Graphic Up Industry

2.

Which of these is not a function of an OS:

a)

Provide a user interface

b)

Communicate with hardware

c)

Allow the computer to multi-task

d)

Improves CPU performance

3.

Which of these is an advantage to using a command-line interface over a GUI?

a)

More interactive

b)

Easier to use

c)

Less resource heavy

4.

What does the OS manage to allow multi-tasking?

a)

Hard disk

b)

Memory and CPU

c)

Motherboard

5.

Single-user operating systems can have multiple user accounts.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

How can the OS help manage security of the system?

a)

The OS can hire backup

b)

User accounts may be password protected

c)

Files can self destruct after a set time

7.

How many applications can be processed by the CPU at a time?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

Several

8.

The term OS is short for?

a)

Apple

b)

Operating Software

c)

Operating System

d)

Overload System

9.

The operating system is a type of

a)

system software

b)

general purpose software

c)

utility software

d)

application software

10.
Which of the following operating systems can you freely modify if you choose?
a)
OS X
b)
iOS
c)
BlackBerry
d)
Linux
11.
The picture shows a type of user interface as a function of operating system
a)
Command line
b)
Graphical user interface
12.
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
13.
What happens when RAM is full?
a)
The computer crashes
b)
Virtual Memory is used
c)
An interrupt is raised
d)
The computer explodes
14.
The purpose of the GUI is to
a)
hide the complexities of the machine from the user
b)
Guide the user
c)
to make the screen look nice
15.
A computer can function without an operating system
a)
True
b)
False
16.

What manages the hardware and runs the software?

a)

Computer Systems

b)

Dedicated Systems

c)

Embedding Systems

d)

Operating Systems

17.

What is a good definition of software?

a)

parts of a computer that are soft

b)

Parts of a computer that you can't see

c)

A set of rules that tell a computer what to do

d)

games

18.
What operating system is this a symbol of?
a)
Mac OS X
b)
Linux
c)
Windows
19.
What is the purpose of an operating system?
a)
Manage software on computer
b)
Manage hardware on computer
c)
Manage all hardware & software on computer
20.

Which of the following operating systems is free and open-source?

a)

Windows

b)

Mac OS X

c)

Linux

d)

UNIX