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WorksheetsOCR GCSE 1.5 Systems Software MCQs
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
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
To scramble data so that it is unreadable is a form of.....?
Compression
Encryption
Backing up
Deframentation
Encryption does not prevent someone from intercepting a message it only prevents them from being able to understand it, true or false?
True
False
Unencrypted message are called which?
Plaintext
Ciphertext
Keytext
Originaltext
Encrypted messages are called which?
Plaintext
Ciphertext
Keytext
Originaltext
Which Operating System function enables allocation of folders?
User Interface
Memory Management
User Management
File Management
Which Operating System function enables access levels to be given?
User Interface
Peripheral Management
User Management
File Management
Which Operating System function ensures any device can be used with the operating system, as long as a driver is available for it?
Memory Mangement
Peripheral Management
User Management
File Management
Which Operating System function allows more than one program can run at the same time?
User Interface
Memory Management
User Management
File Management
Which type of user interface is difficult to user and requires little processing power?
GUI
CLI
If an OS has the ability to run more than one program simultaneously what is this called?
Multihandling
Multitasking
Multiuser
Multiprogram
Dividing tasks so that the Operating System appears to multitask is dealt with under:
Memory Management
File Management
Processor Management
Peripheral Management
Dividing processor time between processes so that they appear to multitask is know as:
Time Slicing
Fish Slicing
Time Waiting
Idle Time
Operating Systems will allocate sections of RAM to the processes as part of:
Processor Management
File Management
Peripheral Management
Memory Management
This piece of software is user to control hardware devices and allow an Operating System to make sure of the hardware
Device Management
Device Driver
Device System
Hardware Peripheral Device
This following is an example of a peripheral
Processor
Main Memory (RAM)
Hard Disk Drive
ROM
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
A Virtual Machine is said to...
Allow the user to play games with Virtual Reality Glasses
Allow the user to virtually use an Operating System
Allow a MAC to run on Windows
Hide the complexities of the hardware from the user
To allow a user to Interact with an Operating System - it must have a .....?
User Connection
User Interface
Virtual Connection
Remote Access
Which type of User Interface contains Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers?
Command Line Interface
Graphical User Interface
Menu Interface
No User Interface
Which type of User Interface is text based and requires the user to write commands?
Command Line Interface
Graphical User Interface
Menu Interface
No User Interface
Raspbian is an example of what type of Operating System?
Command Line Interface
Graphical User Interface
Menu Interface
No User Interface
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 sections of the hard disk drive
A hard 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
When a hard drive becomes fragmented reading and writing files becomes...?
Faster
Slower
No Different
Harder
Defragmentation will aim to...?
Make more space on the hard drive
Move files further apart from each other
Move files closer together
Move free space closer together
A Defragmented hard drive will decrease the computers performance?
True
False
A fragmented disk takes longer to read from and write to.
True
False
Defragment of an SSD can damage the device?
True
False
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
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
JPEG is which type of compressed file format?
Lossy
Lossless
MP3 is which type of compressed file format?
Lossy
Lossless
PNG is which type of compressed file format?
Lossy
Lossless
