3.2 - SYSTEM SOFTWARE

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q1: What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware? (1-3)

Programming Software

Systems Software

Application Software

Bespoke Software

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q1: What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware? (1-3)

Programming Software

Systems Software

Application Software

Bespoke Software

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q2: The following is not a type of Systems Software (4-6)

Device Drivers

Utility Programs

Applications

Operating Systems

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q7: To allow a user to interact with the hardware, the Operating System must provide a ______ ? (1-3)

User Connection

User Interface

Virtual Connection

Remote Access

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q8: Windows, Icons, menus and Pointers are all part of this? (1-4)

Graphical User Interface

Command Line Interface

Menu Interface

No User Interface

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q9: Operating Systems will allocate sections of RAM to the processes as part of: (4-6)

Processor Management

File Management

Peripheral Management

Memory Management

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q10: ____________ software is used to control hardware devices and allow an OS to use the peripherals.

Device Management

Device Driver

Device System

Hardware Peripheral Device

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q2: Utility programs are usually…..? (1-3)

Part of the Operating System

Bought on a disk from a store

Only needed if you connect to the Internet

Very Expensive to buy

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q3: Lossy Compression is…..? (7-9)

Usually performed on text

Original data is lost, original file cannot be recreated

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

Turning text into a format that needs a key to decrypt it

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q4: Lossless Compression is….? (7-9)

Usually performed on text

Original data is lost, original file cannot be recreated

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

Turning text into a format that needs a key to decrypt it

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q5: A fragmented hard drive is one in which…..? (4-6)

Instructions and data are spread across sectors on the hdd

Programs&instructions grouped next to each other on HDD

A HDD that has been dropped and broken into lots of pieces

hdd split, representing different logical drives

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q6: To scramble data so that it is unreadable is a form of….? (4-6)

Compression

Encryption

Backing up

Defragmentation

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q7: This method of backup takes longer to perform (4-6)

Incremental

Differential

Full

Fragmented

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Q8: This method of backup is quicker to perform once an initial backup file is created (7-9)

Incremental

Differential

Full

Fragmented

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of Software is needed to control the computer’s hardware?

Programming Software

System Software

Application Software

Bespoke Software

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

GUI or CLI?

GUI

CLI

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

GUI or CLI?

GUI

CLI

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which part of the operating system will split the disk in storage sectors and decide which sectors to write data to?

Memory management

File and disk management

User management

User interface

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Name four commonly used operating systems

Windows, Mac OSX, Android, IOS

PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, Notepad

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is meant by a Command Line Interface (CLI)?

The user has to type in specific commands to do things like moving and copying files.

The user communicates with the operating system using windows, icons, menu and pointers (WIMP) e.g. Windows

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Define the term 'peripheral'

A driver is a piece of software designed to tell a peripheral what to do.

Any input, output or storage device that connects to a motherboard. (keyboard, mouse, web cam, printer, hard disk drive)

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Alexa is an example of this type of interface which uses the human voice to control:

Graphical user interface

Command line interface

Menu driven interface

Natural language (Voice Input)

23.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

Which of these are examples of utilities: [There is more than one]

Backup

Defragmentation

Compression

Antivirus

Calculator

24.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

1 pt

Fragmentation most likely happens in the

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