What is applications software?

help the user in any way possible.

What is Segmentation?

Splitting hard disks into different drives and spaces.

How does the Operating System manage memory?

Ensures each process has enough memory to perform its job

A device driver controls....

controls a particular type of device attached to PC

Formatting, File transfer, Defragmentation are examples of:

File manager's Disk Organisation

What does the Kernel do?

Requests software and translates instructions

Manages the amount of time processes have in the CPU.

What is an operating system?

Low level software that supports basic functions

What do utilities do?

enhance the use of computer., support the computer's infrastructure in any way.

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Computer Science: Need, Function & Purpose of Operating Systems, Application & Utility SW

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A-level Computer Science Quiz on AQA 3.6.1 and Module 1.2.1 of OCR exam board syllabus as of September 2015 #year12 #alevel #computerscience #ocr #121 #operatingsystems

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1
Antivirus, Spyware Protection and Firewalls are examples of:
System Maintenance
Computer Security Utilities
Disk Organisation
Safety
2
What is applications software?
helps to protect the computer system.
help the user in any way possible.
helps the computer system to run.
help computer manage memory.
3
An Example of Applications software is:
AntiVirus
All of the above
Word Processing
De-fragmentation.
4
Automatic updating, System Cleanup tools, System information and Diagnostics are examples of:
Application Software
Disk Organisation
Computer Security
System Maintenance Utilities
5
What is Segmentation?
Manages the time on the CPU
Process of removing inactive pages to Virtual memory.
Splitting hard disks into different drives and spaces.
Process of Transferring Memory.
6
What is the main advantage of having a multi-user os?
Multi-tasking opportunities
Share files easier
Multiple terminals can connect at the same time
All of them?
7
How does the Operating System manage memory?
Ensures each process is followed step by step
Ensures each process is prioritized in importance
Ensures each process has enough memory to perform its job
8
A device driver controls....
all the peripherals attached to the PC
controls a particular type of device attached to PC
important system processes
All of the Above
9
Formatting, File transfer, Defragmentation are examples of:
Computer Security
System Maintenance
File manager's Disk Organisation
User applications
10
Which is not a type of operating system?
Multi-user
Single-user
Multi-administrator
Real-time
11
What does the Kernel do?
Requests software and transfers it to RAM.
Requests software and translates instructions
Requests instructions for translation.
Requests software and transfers it to ROM.
12
True or False: Virtual Memory is the expansion of Computer memory.
False
True
13
What is Scheduling?
Type of disk organisation
Manages the amount of time processes have in the CPU.
What manages CPU memory allocation.
System Maintenance process
14
What is an operating system?
Low level software that supports basic functions
Low Level software that supports all functions.
High Level software that supports basic functions
High Level software that supports all functions.
15
What do utilities do?
help the user in any way.
enhance the use of computer.
keep the user and the computer system connected.
support the computer's infrastructure in any way.

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