What does to boot up a computer mean?

it turns the operating system on and prepare it for use

What does device driver software do?

Handles requests & data transfers between computer & device

What is meant by the phrase "System Call"

A computer requests a program from the kernel of the OS

Why are file systems important?

So all data in these areas can be easily stored & retrieved.

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1
What does to boot up a computer mean?
It turns the operating system off
it restarts the operating system
it turns the operating system on and prepare it for use
it kicks the operating system
2
What does device driver software do?
Handles requests & data transfers between computer & device
Holds documents that are waiting to be printed
Get me a coffee
Used to install new software applications onto your computer
3
What does CLI stand for?
command language information
command link interface
command line interface
common lounge iguana
4
which of these is not a job of the operating system?
Handling HTTP requests for webpages
Being your overlord
stopping users accessing files that don't belong to them
Allocating memory to programs running on the computer
5
Which of these operating systems came first?
Ferox r45
Linux
GM-NAA I/O
Windows 1.0
6
what does a central processing unit do?
kill-fetch-execute
decode-execute-destroy
execute-decode-fetch
fetch-decode-execute
7
what year was the first ever complete Mac OS X released?
2001
1996
1985
1999
8
What is meant by the phrase "System Call"
A computer requests a program from the kernel of the OS
Rebooting the computer
It saves files on the computer
It's the way the monitor functions
9
what year was the first version of windows introduced
1985
1991
1978
1968
10
what does GUI stand for?
General unit interface
Graphical user information
Gigantic Unicorn Icecream
Graphical user interface
11
What does DOS stand for.
its an abbreviation of the word doors
desktop operating system
digital operating system
disk operating system
12
what does ROM stand for?
Robert and Oscar's mainframe
read only memory
robotically obtained memory
Redundant online memory
13
which one of these is not a function of an operating system?
manages the CPU
utilities
Singing
multi-tasks
14
Which IS an operating system?
Candy Crush
Facebook
Linux
Outlook
15
What codename was Android OS 5?
Nougat
Eclair
Lollipop
Donut
16
Why are file systems important?
So all data is on external storage.
So all data in these areas can be easily stored & retrieved.
So all data can be allocated in one folder
because it was invented

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Questions 16

Answers

1
What does to boot up a computer mean?
It turns the operating system off
it restarts the operating system
it turns the operating system on and prepare it for use
it kicks the operating system
2
What does device driver software do?
Handles requests & data transfers between computer & device
Holds documents that are waiting to be printed
Get me a coffee
Used to install new software applications onto your computer
3
What does CLI stand for?
command language information
command link interface
command line interface
common lounge iguana
4
which of these is not a job of the operating system?
Handling HTTP requests for webpages
Being your overlord
stopping users accessing files that don't belong to them
Allocating memory to programs running on the computer
5
Which of these operating systems came first?
Ferox r45
Linux
GM-NAA I/O
Windows 1.0
6
what does a central processing unit do?
kill-fetch-execute
decode-execute-destroy
execute-decode-fetch
fetch-decode-execute
7
what year was the first ever complete Mac OS X released?
2001
1996
1985
1999
8
What is meant by the phrase "System Call"
A computer requests a program from the kernel of the OS
Rebooting the computer
It saves files on the computer
It's the way the monitor functions
9
what year was the first version of windows introduced
1985
1991
1978
1968
10
what does GUI stand for?
General unit interface
Graphical user information
Gigantic Unicorn Icecream
Graphical user interface
11
What does DOS stand for.
its an abbreviation of the word doors
desktop operating system
digital operating system
disk operating system
12
what does ROM stand for?
Robert and Oscar's mainframe
read only memory
robotically obtained memory
Redundant online memory
13
which one of these is not a function of an operating system?
manages the CPU
utilities
Singing
multi-tasks
14
Which IS an operating system?
Candy Crush
Facebook
Linux
Outlook
15
What codename was Android OS 5?
Nougat
Eclair
Lollipop
Donut
16
Why are file systems important?
So all data is on external storage.
So all data in these areas can be easily stored & retrieved.
So all data can be allocated in one folder
because it was invented