Features of Operating Systems Quiz

What is an operating system?

An ******* is the core software that allows a computer to run as a useful device. It manages the hardware, the user interface and all other software running on the computer.

What does a multi user, multi tasking system have to manage?

Each user logged onto the sysetm, in their workspace. Resources allocated to the jobs they want to run. Log of. processing time and resources they use. Be able to work out the most efficient use of computer processing cycles. Be able to maintain security

What is a device driver?

Every piece of hardware that makes up the computer or is connected to it, will have one of these. It allows the operating system to control and communicate with it. They can be pre-installed with the operating system, and the right ones for that particular computer set-up are loaded on boot-up.

What are the common features of an operating system?

Scheduling, memory management, allocation of resources, keeping track of usage, data and user security, print spooling, managing input/output, handling network communication.

What are the main parts of an operating system?

The **********has four main parts: The Kernel, the Device Drivers, the User Interface and the System Utilities.

Where is the detail of the device driver stored?

The information of which ******** is needed by the operating system is kept in a file. In Windows, the file is called the 'registry' and in Linux the details will be stored as a number of 'configuration files'.

What are the system utilities?

These are the basic facilities that run in the background without user interaction. Example, print spool services, password management, file management, disk defragmenter, disk clean up, system restore.

What is a real time operating system?

These systems aim to control a series of actions by using a computer. Example: The engine management computer under the bonnet of the modern car has micro-second control of the engine and exhaust system. It has dozens of rapidly changing inputs such as throttle position, brake pedal position, engine speed and so on. It needs all the inputs, then processes them to produce a set of outputs which control the car.

What is a user interface?

This is how the user interacts with the computer. It is what you see on the screen, and reacts to your key presses and other inputs. It could be a basic command line interface (CLI), or a full blow graphical user interface (GUI) such as the Mac OS X, Windows or Gnome on Linux.

What is a batch operating system?

This is the name given to a system does the same job over and over again. The job is normally stored to be run at a certain time.

What does a multi user, multi tasking operating system?

This kind of ********** can be found on Mainframe and Supercomputers. They are highly sophisticated and are designed to handle many people running their programmes on the computer at the same time.

What is a kernel?

This loads the applications into memory, making sure they do not interfere with each other, allowing them to share use of the CPU efficiently. It also handles file storage to and from secondary storage devices such as hard disks and optical drives.

What does a single user, single application operating system mean?

This type of *********only has to deal with one person at a time, running one user application at a time.

What are the features of a network operating system?

To be able to deal with multiple user logging on, to be able to maintain a connection to the server(s), to be able to expand the file system to see folders on other computers, to be able to provide security so that different user accounts are seperate from each other.

What are examples of operating systems?

Windows, Linus, Mac OS X.

What does a single user, multi tasking operating system mean?

With this kind of ********* you will find this on a personal computer, as it has a single user in mind, but can deal with many applications.

What is a network operating system?

You will usually find this type of system in a school or in companies. They will use systems such as Windows 8 or Mac OS X.