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Modified 23 Apr 2005

System software quiz B - 50 marks

Online learners do the quiz online, score the test and submit. Onsite learners do the quiz online; score the quiz and have your mark noted.

  1. What is thrashing?
  2. In computer terms what does FAT stand for?
  3. Which of the following is not a physical media type that the PC can store information on?
  4. Windows is an example of ...
  5. Where can Embedded Operating Systems mostly be found?
  6. The two main components of an operating system are the kernel and the ...
  7. What is the operating system that the computer uses often referred to as?
  8. Which is not a device?
  9. What does spool stand for?
  10. Capability of an operating system of switching between tasks.
  11. The BIOS is built-in software, typically placed on a ... chip that comes with the computer.
  12. Which is not an operating system?
  13. The buffer is temporary storage in ... memory.
  14. What is the area in primary memory called that is reserved for the input and output of data?
  15. An operating system is a set of ...
  16. In computer terms WIMP stands for ...
  17. An example of a utility program.
  18. Program that places jobs into a queue, used when large amounts of data has to be read/written.
  19. What must happen in process management for tasks to be completed successfully?
  20. Which one of the following does the operating system do while working? 
  21. What does the abbreviation NOS stand for in computer terminology?
  22. Virtual memory is made ...
  23. The FAT holds information on each of the ... on the disk.
  24. The operating system is responsible for ... memory to programs to ensure sufficient memory.
  25. An operating system consists of ...
  26. The kernel of ... is released to the public under the terms of the General Public License.
  27. The exact size of each entry in the root directory is ...
  28. Which is not a network operating system?
  29. A spooler ...
  30. What does the operating system use to store information about each file on disk?
  31. An operating system does which of the following:
  32. The terminology 'paging' means ...
  33. Define scandisk:
  34. Multitasking enables the operating system to work on  ... processes at a time.
  35. Which of the following create server software only?
  36. Define backup:
  37. Define Explorer:
  38. What is referred to as the software platform?
  39. The role of the FAT is to ...
  40. Define defrag:
  41. Paging is ...
  42. Define format:
  43. What does the operating system use to store information?
  44. Which is NOT a function of the kernel?
  45. A type of connection to the Internet that allows you to call a computer directly on the Internet, staying connected only during the time you are online.
  46. Which is the more complex modern network software?
  47. What decides which task to run next?
  48. An important function of an operating system:
  49. The role of the FAT is to ...
  50. An operating system that can handle multitasking makes the following possible:

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