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02 - Purpose of Operating Systems

 1. An operating system is an example of system software.
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  FALSE

  TRUE

 2. What does an operating system manage?

  The health of the user

  The environment around the user

  The hardware and all other software

  The amount of time the user can spend on the computer

 3. The operating system is loaded onto a computer by what type of program?

  A tertiary program

  A primary program

  A boot program

  An initialisation program

 4. The core of an operating system is known as the kernel.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 5. An operating system manages _____ and these _____ are often shared among the various programs that want to use them.

  currencies

  tokens

  dollars

  resources

 6. Which of these options are allocated by the operating system? 
1. Processors
2. Memory
3. I/O devices

  1 and 3

  All of them

  None of them

  1 and 2

 7. One of the earliest operating systems was the Atlas Supervisor. When was it commissioned?

  1962

  1976

  1989

  1958

 8. The most used desktop operating system in the world is …

  Linux

  MacOS

  Apache

  Microsoft Windows

 9. The most used mobile operating system in the world is …

  Symbian

  Android

  iOS

  Blackberry

 10. Which of these terms refers to a family of operating systems with similar design?

  Unite

  Unix

  Nixus

  Nexus


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