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OCR GCSE CS 1.5 – Systems software Lesson 1 & 2 MCQs

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware?

a)

Programming Software

b)

Systems Software

c)

Application Software

d)

Bespoke Software

2.

The following is not a type of Systems Software

a)

Device Drivers

b)

Utility Programs

c)

Applications

d)

Operating Systems

3.

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

a)

User Connection

b)

User Interface

c)

Virtual Connection

d)

Remote Access

4.

Which type of User Interface is text based and requires the user to write commands?

a)

Command Line Interface

b)

Graphical User Interface

c)

Menu Interface

d)

No User Interface

5.

Dividing tasks so that the Operating System appears to multitask is dealt with under which OS function?

a)

Memory Management

b)

File Management

c)

Processor Management

d)

Peripheral Management

6.

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

a)

Time Slicing

b)

Fish Slicing

c)

Time waiting

d)

Idle Time

7.

Operating Systems will allocate sections of RAM to the processes as part of

a)

Processor Management

b)

File Management

c)

Peripheral Management

d)

Memory Management

8.

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

a)

Device Management

b)

Device Driver

c)

Device System

d)

Hardware Peripheral Device

9.

Which of the following is an example of a peripheral?

a)

Processor

b)

Main Memory (RAM)

c)

Hard Disk Drive

d)

ROM