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02 - Purpose of Operating Systems

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

  FALSE

 2. What does an operating system manage?

  The amount of time the user can spend on the computer

  The hardware and all other software

  The health of the user

  The environment around the user

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

  A primary program

  A boot program

  A tertiary 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

  dollars

  resources

  tokens

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

  1 and 2

  None of them

  All of them

  1 and 3

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

  1962

  1976

  1958

  1989

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

  Apache

  Linux

  MacOS

  Microsoft Windows

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

  Android

  iOS

  Symbian

  Blackberry

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

  Nexus

  Unite

  Nixus

  Unix


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