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Operating system

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What manages the hardware and runs the software?

a)

Computer Systems

b)

Dedicated Systems

c)

Embedding Systems

d)

Operating Systems

2.

What does GUI stand for?

a)

Genuine Umpire Impressions

b)

Graphical User Interface

c)

Graphic Up Industry

3.
What is processor speed measured in?
a)
Kilometers per hour Km/h
b)
Bits per second BPS
c)
Gigahertz GHz
d)
Megabits Mb
4.

Which of these symbols represent UNIX?

a)
b)
c)
5.

BIOS is a part of which function?

a)

Memory Management

b)

Bootstrap Process

c)

Process Management

d)

System Restore

6.

POST is short for

a)

Power On Self Test

b)

Power Off Self Test

c)

Program On Self test

d)

Program Off Self Test

7.

Which is NOT a function of Operating Systems?

a)

Booting the Computer

b)

Networking

c)

Streaming content

d)

Device Management

8.

The ability for a computer to execute more than one task simultaneously

a)

multitasking

b)

multiprogramming

c)

multiprocessing

d)

timesharing

9.

The grouping of jobs that require similar resources

a)

timesharing

b)

serial processing

c)

multiprogramming

d)

batch processing

10.

The operating system is a type of

a)

system software

b)

general purpose software

c)

utility software

d)

application software

11.

In the Bootstrap Process, which is first?

a)

POST

b)

Load BIOS

c)

Charge of electricity to system

d)

Load OS

12.

Software program that carries out some action

a)

process

b)

command

c)

software

d)

direction

13.

Round Robin is also known as

a)

Merry go round

b)

circle drive

c)

time slicing

d)

time sharing

14.
Peter, a friend of yours, has a piece of software that was written for Mac OS X. Which of the following OSs will that software run on?
a)
Mac OS X only 
b)
Mac OS X and Linux
c)
Mac OS X and Chrome OS
d)
Mac OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS
15.
Which of the following operating systems can you freely modify if you choose?
a)
OS X
b)
iOS
c)
BlackBerry
d)
Linux
16.
The picture shows a type of user interface as a function of operating system
a)
Command line
b)
Graphical user interface
17.
Allocating time on the processor to individual processes is known as...
a)
CPU Scheduling
b)
CPU Timing
c)
CPU Clocking
d)
CPU Sorting
18.
When the OS creates temporary RAM on the Hard Drive it is known as...
a)
Virtual Memory
b)
Cache
c)
Registering
d)
Defragmenting
19.
What happens when RAM is full?
a)
The computer crashes
b)
Virtual Memory is used
c)
An interrupt is raised
d)
The computer explodes
20.
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
21.
Processor scheduling is one of the functions managed by the OS.  Which one is a scheduling method used by the scheduler
a)
Round To It
b)
Round Table
c)

Round Robin

22.
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
23.

What does the OS manage to allow multi-tasking?

a)

Hard disk

b)

Memory and CPU

c)

Motherboard

24.

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

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

Several

25.
________ is an operating system that is designed specifically to support a network.
a)
Stand-alone OS
b)
Server OS
c)
Mobile OS
d)
Free OS