System Software

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11th Grade

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System Software

Open Ended

What is the difference between hardware and software?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware? (1-3)

Programming Software

Bespoke Software

Application Software

Systems Software

Multiple Choice

This piece of software is used to control hardware devices and allow an Operating System to make use of the hardware (7-9)

Device Driver

Hardware Peripheral Device

Device Management

Device System

Multiple Choice

Operating Systems will allocate sections of RAM to the processes as part of: (4-6)

File Management

Peripheral Management

Processor Management

Memory Management

Multiple Choice

Windows, Icons, menus and Pointers are all part of this? (1-4)

Graphical User Interface

Menu Interface

Command Line Interface

No User Interface

Multiple Choice

To allow a user to interact with an Operating System – it must have a______ ? (1-3)

User Interface

Remote Access

User Connection

Virtual Connection

Multiple Choice

Operating Systems need to manage System _________? (1-3)

Objectives

Electricity

Resources

Restores

Multiple Choice

The following is not a type of Systems Software (4-6)

Utility Programs

Operating Systems

Device Drivers

Applications

Multiple Choice

The following is not a type of Systems Software (4-6)

Utility Programs

Operating Systems

Device Drivers

Applications

Multiple Choice

This type of back-up is slowest to restore from? (7-9)

Full

Fragmented

Incremental

Differential

Multiple Choice

This method of backup is quicker to perform once an initial backup file is created (7-9)

Incremental

Full

Fragmented

Differential

Multiple Choice

This type of back-up is quicker to restore from? (7-9)

Incremental

Full

Fragmented

Differential

Multiple Choice

This method of backup takes longer to perform (4-6)

Differential

Fragmented

Full

Incremental

Multiple Choice

To scramble data so that it is unreadable is a form of….? (4-6)

Encryption

Compression

Defragmentation

Backing up

Multiple Choice

A fragmented hard drive is one in which…..? (4-6)

A hard disk drive that has been dropped and broken into lots of pieces

The hard disk drive is split into portions each representing a different logical drive.

Program instructions and data are spread across tracks and sectors on the hard disk drive

Programs and instructions are grouped together to occupy a continuous section of the hard

Multiple Choice

Lossless Compression is….? (7-9)

Turning the text into a format that only a reader with a key can decrypt it

When some original data is lost and the original file cannot be re-created

Usually performed on text

The original file can be re-created from the compressed file

Multiple Choice

Utility programs are usually…..? (1-3)

Bought on a disk from a store

Only needed if you connect to the Internet

Very Expensive to buy

Part of the Operating System

Multiple Choice

Utility programs are usually…..? (1-3)

Bought on a disk from a store

Only needed if you connect to the Internet

Very Expensive to buy

Part of the Operating System

System Software

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