Chapter 4: Operating Systems (CIS 105) Questions and Answers

Chapter 4: Operating Systems (CIS 105) Questions and Answers 1. Can an embedded operating system be modified? - No 2. Is an OS system software or application software? - System 3. TCP/IP breaks file into what? - Packets 4. What are the set of rules to move data from one computer to another? - TCP/IP 5. What does MS-DOS stand for? - Microsoft Disk Operating System 6. What function stores and organize a user's work in computer files? - File Manager 7. What is a common name for a hierarchy of directories? - Folder 8. What is another name for an OS? - Platform 9. What is it called when a computer performs a task? - Process 10. What is it called when a computer runs more than one process at a time? - Multitasking 11. What is the dominant OS in the operating system market? - Windows 12. What is the table of contents to a hard drive? - FAT 13. What is the world's largest network? - Internet 14. What kind of operating system does an iPhone use? - Embedded 15. What program unclutters a hard drive? - Defragmentation 16. Which is not a major OS in business? - Borland System Platform 17. Which memory coordinates, tracks, allocates other memory? - Virtual 18. Which memory helps decrease the time it takes to access memory? - CPU Cache