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- 1. Multiple Choice
The process of continually refilling a buffer to transfer data between sender and receiver is known as
spilling
spooling
batch processing
buffer control
- 2. Multiple Choice
The spooling process usually makes use of these to notify the sender/receiver of an empty/full buffer.
batch processing
interrupts
spooling
buffers
- 3. Multiple Choice
A printer would raise an interrupt to the operating system
...when its buffer is full
...when its buffer is empty
- 4. Multiple Choice
A buffer is particularly useful between the sender and the receiver when...
there is a difference in price between the sender and receiver
security needs to be enforced on the transmission
there is a difference in operational speed of the sender and receiver
different user interfaces need to be implemented
- 5. Multiple Choice
What operating system function allows a word processor program to close down before the print job it actioned has completed on the printer.
multi-tasking
multi-programming
spooling
batch-processing
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Selecting ten files and dragging them all to a different folder" or "selecting ten files and choosing 'print all'" would both be good examples of
batch processing
multi-tasking
memory management
user account security
- 7. Fill in the Blank
Complete the missing word:
Spooling is a system of continually refilling a ______ in order to transfer data from a sender to a receiver in batches.
- 8. Fill in the Blank
Complete the two gaps:
Generating all of the printed bills for your clients, one after the other in sequence, would be an example of _____ __________
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of these are not functions of an operating system?
Memory management
Processor management
Peripheral management
Web management
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of these refers to the operating system's ability to suspend the context of one program in order to resume the execution of another.
multi-processing
multi-tasking
multi-programming
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