Quiz 1

1. The ____ allocates each resource, starts its operation, and, finally, dealloc
ates the resource, making it
available to the next process or job.. A) B) C) D) E) Device Manager Network Man
ager Processor Manager Memory Manager File Manager 2. The central processing uni
t (CPU) is the brains of the computer with the circuitry to control the interpre
tation and execution of instructions
A) B)
True False 3. When the Processor Manager receives a command, it determines wheth
er the program must be retrieved from storage or is already in memory, and then
notifies the appropriate manager.
A) B)
True False 4. ____ systems are used in time-critical environments where reliabil
ity is key and data must be processed within a strict time limit.
A) B) C) D) E)
Embedded Interactive Hybrid Real-time old 5. In a computer, the ____ holds the C
entral Processing Unit, the Arithmetic and Logic Unit, registers, cache, and mai
n memory
A) B) C) D) E)
parallel system monitor usb interface printer tower

6. A) B)
The operating system manages each and every piece of hardware and software.
True False 7. The Memory Manager, the Interface Manager, the User Manager, and t
he File Manager are the basis of all operating systems.
A) B)
True False 8. Real-time systems are used in time-critical environments where rel
iability is key and data must be processed within a strict time limit.
A) B)
True False 9. The Memory Manager is in charge of indirect memory, also known as
ROM.
A) B)
True False 10. The Device Manager monitors every device, channel, and control un
it.
A) B)
True False 11. The type of system designed to perform one specific function is _
___.
A) B) C) D) E)
Real-time Embedded hybrid interactive no answer 12. ____ operating systems are t
ypically used for a network platform.
A) B) C) D)
IRIX, UNICOS Linux, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows 2000/XP Linux, NetWare, UNIX, Win
dows IBM OS/390, UNIX

E)
no answer
13. Many early programs used convoluted logic that only the original programmer
could understand, so it was nearly impossible for anyone else to debug or change
the program later on. A) B) True False 14. ____, part of the operating system,
is unique to each operating system. A) B) C) D) E) User command interface Memory
manager File Manager System Manager Network Manager 15. A hybrid system is a co
mbination of the ____ systems. A) B) C) D) E) batch and interactive interactive
and real-time batch and real-time real-time and general-purpose no answer 16. Po
werful microcomputers developed for use by commercial, educational and governmen
t enterprises are called ____. A) B) C) D) E) supercomputer minicomputer server
workstations terminal 17. The supercomputer was developed primarily for governme
nt applications needing massive and fast number-crunching ability to carry out m
ilitary operations and weather forecasting. A) B) True False 18. Card systems da
te from the earliest computers, which relied on punched cards or tape for input
when a job was entered by assembling the cards into a deck and running the entir
e deck of cards through a card reader as a group.

A) B)
True False 19. ____ include(s) every peripheral unit in the system such as print
ers, disk drives, CD/DVD drives, flash memory, keyboards, and so on.
A) B) C) D) E)
CPU Processor I/O Devices Memory Motherboard 20. The primary distinguishing char
acteristic of modern computers is ____.
A) B) C) D) E)
memory capacity disk capacity processor capacity physical size no answer