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Operating System

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Select 3 functions of the operating system

a)

Process Management

b)

Computer

c)

File Management

d)

Networking

2.

One of the major activities of an operating regard to memory management are:

a)

Creating files and directories

b)

Alert messages

c)

Allocate and deallocate memory space as needed

d)

Graphical user interface

3.

"A popular operating system for mobile phone technology which is not linked with Apple products" This definition corresponds to what operating system?

(a)  

4.

"Designed to be used for the Apple iPhone" This definition matches with the operating system of:

(a)  

5.

"Used with Apple computers and works well with cloud computing" This explanation corresponds to the operating system of:

(a)  

6.

Mark the best definition of operating system

a)

The low-level software that supports a computer's basic elements, such as scheduling tasks and controlling devices.

b)

Software that supports only the computer functions.

c)

An operating system, or "OS," is software that communicates with the hardware and allows other programs to run. It is comprised of system software, or the fundamental files that only your computer needs to boot up and function. Other devices like desktop computer, tablet, and smartphone don’t include an operating system.

d)

An operating system, or "OS," is software that communicates with the hardware and allows other programs to run. It is comprised of system software, or the fundamental files that a device needs to boot up and function. Common desktop operating systems include Windows, OS-X, and Linux

7.

Select the correct definition of

the operating system of Windows

a)

Is Apple's operating

system that runs on Macintosh computers. It was first released in 2001 and over the next few years replaced Mac OS 9 (also known as Mac OS Classic) as the standard OS for Macs. It was called "Mac operating system" until version 10.8, when Apple dropped "Mac" from the name.

b)

Is a series of operating systems developed by Microsoft. Each version of that OS includes a graphical user interface, with a desktop that allows users to view files and folders in different screens like “curtains”. For the past two decades, that OS has been the most widely used operating system for personal computers PCs.

c)

Is an operating system created by L. Torvalds. He developed that OS because he wasn't happy with the currently available options in that moment and felt he could improve them. When L. Torvalds finished building a working version of that OS, he freely distributed the OS, which helped it gain popularity. Today, the OS is used by millions of people around the world.

8.

Mark some of the operating systems features

a)

Device management

b)

Facilitate inputs and outputs

c)

Secondary storage management

d)

Responsible to managing the hardware

e)

Efficiency