Hardware & Software R354

Question 1

Which is FALSE? User Interfaces make Operating Systems easier to use by having consistent ...

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Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)

Question 2

Which of these is not a User Interface?

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Solid State Interface

Question 3

Kerry wants to produce a school magazine. Which of these applications would be best?

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Publisher

Question 4

Software interacts with peripheral devices like printers, USBs drives, mice, sound systems ...

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by using device drivers.

Question 5

Which of the following is not an advantage of a Menu-Driven Interface?

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They require a lot of processing power and memory.

Question 6

The OS must be able to distinguish between requests from ...

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programs and users that should be allowed., programs and users that should NOT be allowed.

Question 7

Utility programs are used for ...

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security, smooth operation and system maintenance.

Question 8

The Operating System (OS) of a computer is ...

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a set of software programs

Question 9

Some device drivers are loaded by the operating system when ...

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a hardware device is connected to the computer.

Question 10

Proprietary software .....

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Cannot be edited

Question 11

Which of these are ways to acquire software?

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Off-the-shelf, Open Source, Proprietary, Bespoke.

Question 12

Sarah has had problems with unauthorised users accessing her data. What should she use?

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Firewall

Question 13

For a computer to be of any use ...

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lots of processes must run at the same time.

Question 14

In a computer with a single CPU ...

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only 1 instruction can be executed at a time.

Question 15

Which of these is not a web browser?

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Access

Question 16

The OS controls the way that ...

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application software accesses computer hardware.

Question 17

Which software does this mascot represent?

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Linux

Question 18

The OS allows the user to ...

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control the computer and access application software.

Question 19

Most device drivers are loaded into memory by the operating system during ...

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booting.

Question 20

One of the main functions of an OS is Peripheral Management where ...

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software interacts with input and output devices (hardware).

Question 21

Which of these is not an OUTPUT device?

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Scanner

Question 22

Memory management is one of the main duties of the operating system.

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True

Question 23

Which application is best suited to organisation, storage and analysis of numerical data?

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Spreadsheet

Question 24

Internal component where all processing happens.........

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CPU

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a function of an OS?

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Performs operations that allow the computer to boot up.

Question 26

What does BIOS stand for?

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Basic Input Output System

Question 27

What type of User Interface is shown in the image?

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Command-Line Interface

Question 28

Which of the following software is NOT an OS?

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Firewall

Question 29

Which is NOT an example of a Menu-Driven Interface?

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Laptop PC

Question 30

What does RAM stand for?

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Random Access Memory

Question 31

John’s computer has been running slowly. Which program could help resolve this?

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Defragmentation

Question 32

Bristol zoo keeps data on all their animals. This is likely to be stored in a.....

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Database

Question 33

Which internal device stores data for active programs using the CPU?

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RAM

Question 34

Which of these is NOT malware?

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Disk Cleanup

Question 35

Which computer component is responsible for connecting all internal devices together?

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Motherboard

Question 36

Contains the boot up instructions for the computer ......

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BIOS

Question 37

Which of these is not an INPUT device?

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Speaker

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