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Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Evaluating Operating Systems
Name ____________________________________
Course and Division _______________________
Date ___________________ Page 1 of 2
As you step through the Interactive Lab, answer the following
questions in the spaces provided. For multiple choice
questions, enter the appropriate letter on the blank line.
1. The primary component of the system software is known as
the _____________.
a. application software
b. user
c. operating system
d. hardware
2. The kernel contains external commands. True or False?
_____________
3. Explain how a user interacts with a command language.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
4. What type of pointing device is commonly used with a
graphical user interface? _____________
a. light pen
b. mouse
c. scanner
d. joy stick
5. List the three main functions of an operating system.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
6. The operating system can give higher priority to
important programs by allocating them more time slices.
True or False? _____________
Shelly Cashman Series Lab - Evaluating Operating Systems
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7. Data read from or written to an input/output device is
stored in areas of memory called _____________.
a. integrated circuits
b. disk drives
c. microprocessors
d. buffers
8. By using threads, the system's performance
_____________.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains the same
d. overloads
9. List the six types of operating systems.
___________________________ ____________________________
___________________________ ____________________________
___________________________ ____________________________
10. Microsoft Windows 3.1 is an example of a _____________
operating environment.
a. foreground
b. single-program
c. low-priority
d. task switching
11. In a non-cooperative multitasking system, CPU access
is controlled by the programs being used. True or False?
_____________
12. UNIX is an example of a _____________ system.
a. pre-emptive multitasking
b. cooperative multitasking
c. non-cooperative multitasking
d. task switching
13. A multiprocessing operating system uses the computer
hardware to simulate several virtual machines. True or
False? _____________