OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) QUIZ

Operating system is like a

All of the listed here

Parliament

Police

Government

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Operating system manages

Memory

I / O Devices

Processor

All of the listed here

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When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)

Spool

Stack

Interrupt

Page file

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Boot startup process

Clean up the computer memory

Checks the computer connections

Loads system files to RAM

Prepare the computer ready

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Which is not concerned with control panel?

Keyboard

Printer

Font

Run application

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All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT

Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory

The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change

This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file

Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive

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Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?

Shut Down

Restart

Hibernate

Sleep

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A hardware device that is capable of executing a sequence of instructions, is known as

None of these

CU

ALU

CPU

Processor

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Desktop is a

Working with my document

Display program

Screen saver

Provides work space

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Under multiprogramming, turnaround time for short jobs is usually _ and that for long jobs is slightly _.

None of these

lengthened; lengthened

shortened; shortened

lengthened; shortened

shortened; lengthened

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