WorksheetsSystem Software
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 7mins
It can be physically touched
It cannot be physically touched
It can be physically touched
It cannot be physically touched
What is the definition of System Software?
Utilities that optimise and maintain the system
What is the purpose of the defragmentation utility?
Reduces the size of a file by deleting repeated data
Performs updates without user intervention
Organises portions of files to be stored sequentially and stores all empty blocks together
Reverts the data/system to a previous point in time.
What is the purpose of the automatic update utility?
Reduces the size of a file by deleting repeated data
Performs updates without user intervention
Organises portions of files to be stored sequentially and stores all empty blocks together
Reverts the data/system to a previous point in time.
What is the purpose of the compression utility?
Reduces the size of a file by deleting repeated data
Performs updates without user intervention
Organises portions of files to be stored sequentially and stores all empty blocks together
Reverts the data/system to a previous point in time.
Software that is freely available to the public
Software that is owned by an organisation with proprietary code
What is open-source software?
Software that is freely available to the public
Software that is owned by an organisation with proprietary code
Which type of software is more likely to have more detailed documentation and better customer service options?
Which type of software is more likely to have an online support community and focus more on functionality than user friendly features?
What motivates organisations to invest in closed-source software?
Your computer is running slowly, and you suspect that fragmented files might be the cause. Which utility software can help you organise these files?
You want to send an email containing multiple documents with large file sizes .
Which utility software would be most suitable for this task?
You need to create an executable file to ensure your program can be run and tested on another system. Which translator would you use for this task?
Compression
Your company's computers need an update to patch security vulnerabilities but you know the employees will most likely delay this from being applied.
Which type of software could be used in this scenario to ensure the patch is applied?
Your program is littered with small syntax errors. Which translator would provide live feedback to help you identify and fix these errors?
You are developing a software application and want to protect your source code from being viewed or modified by others. Which type of software licensing model would you choose?
You are a developer contributing to a project where modifications to the source code must be made available to other users. Which type of software licensing model would apply to this project?
