What is the main purpose of an operating system?

Manage the hardware/software and provide an interface

A software application that acts as a communicator

What are the limitations of a 32 bit operating system?

It can only allow a maximum of 4GB of RAM.

What is a file system?

Data and files are organised on storage devices

The operating system also allows for.. .

Communication between the software and apps

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1
What is the main purpose of an operating system?
Manage the hardware on the computer device
To allow icons and menus to be displayed on a screen
None of the above
Manage the hardware/software and provide an interface
2
What is a driver?
A basic function
A software application that acts as a communicator
3
Which operating system is considered a 'closed source'?
Andriod
iOS
Blackberry
Linux
4
What makes Linux different from other operating systems?
It an open source operating system
It is free
You can alter any version of it
All of the above
5
What are the limitations of a 32 bit operating system?
There are no limitations
It doesnt allow access to the system
It can only allow a maximum of 4GB of RAM.
It uses Windows 7
6
Read/Write allows what to happen?
Allows files to be copied
Allows changes to be made
All of the above
Allows for things to be deleted
7
Real-time processing is
when the operating system works on multiple applications
when data entry is continuous
when there is no input from the user
8
Rendering a video file is what type of system?
Multi taking processing
Real time processing
None of the above
Batch processing
9
What is the most common operating system on a desktop/laptop?
Windows
Linux
None of the above
Mac OS X
10
What is a file system?
Read Only
Things that formatted
It is when many functions are managed at the same times
Data and files are organised on storage devices
11
A FAT (File Allocation Table) is supported by almost all operating systems?
False
True
12
The operating system also allows for.. .
functionality
Communication between the software and apps
13
The CPU Cache, RAM and HDD is apart of what?
The computer
The Memory Management
Its not apart of anything
The system files
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What is the CPU Cache?
All of the above
Able to transfer data extremely quickly
It stores data that is currently being worked on
a small memory found on the CPU

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