WGU C191 OPERATING SYSTEMS MCQ’S
TEST
the operating system - ANSWER Users and application programmers
communicate with hardware via_____
processor, file, and memory management - ANSWER The majority of modern
operating systems have
manages system resources - ANSWER Other than offering a user interface, the
operating system
RAM - ANSWER Most main memory consists of
byte - ANSWER A _____ holds enough bits (usually 8) to hold a single coded
character
operation code / operands - ANSWER In an instruction, the _____ specifies the
work to be performed and the _____ specify the memory locations to be
involved
machine cycle - ANSWER The processor executes and fetches one instruction
per
an input device - ANSWER A keyboard is an example of a ______ device
a buffer - ANSWER Temporary storage known as ____ can be used to make up
for the difference in speed between devices
a channel - ANSWER On a mainframe, device-dependent I/O operations are
assigned to
, absolute addresses - ANSWER Hardware works with
source - ANSWER Programmers write programs at the ____ level
an interpreter - ANSWER With ______ the computer translates one instruction
and then executes the resulting machine code before going on to the next
instruction
in a library - ANSWER If crucial routines are stored ____, a programmer can
incorporate them into his or her program and therefore not have to retype them.
reentrant - ANSWER A _____ program or module does not change itself
data element - ANSWER A single, meaningful unit of data, such as a social
security number, is called a
data structures - ANSWER Lists, arrays, and files are all forms of
___________
relative record number - ANSWER Given a start of file address, the location of
any record can be determined from its __________
data dependency and redundancy - ANSWER Database management
eliminates
data and methods - ANSWER In a programming environment where objects
are used, an object contains ______.
bus lines - ANSWER Internal parts of a computer are linked by ______
word size - ANSWER Internal parts of most computers are constructed using a
common ______
linkage editor - ANSWER Access method is loaded with the program load
module by the _______.
TEST
the operating system - ANSWER Users and application programmers
communicate with hardware via_____
processor, file, and memory management - ANSWER The majority of modern
operating systems have
manages system resources - ANSWER Other than offering a user interface, the
operating system
RAM - ANSWER Most main memory consists of
byte - ANSWER A _____ holds enough bits (usually 8) to hold a single coded
character
operation code / operands - ANSWER In an instruction, the _____ specifies the
work to be performed and the _____ specify the memory locations to be
involved
machine cycle - ANSWER The processor executes and fetches one instruction
per
an input device - ANSWER A keyboard is an example of a ______ device
a buffer - ANSWER Temporary storage known as ____ can be used to make up
for the difference in speed between devices
a channel - ANSWER On a mainframe, device-dependent I/O operations are
assigned to
, absolute addresses - ANSWER Hardware works with
source - ANSWER Programmers write programs at the ____ level
an interpreter - ANSWER With ______ the computer translates one instruction
and then executes the resulting machine code before going on to the next
instruction
in a library - ANSWER If crucial routines are stored ____, a programmer can
incorporate them into his or her program and therefore not have to retype them.
reentrant - ANSWER A _____ program or module does not change itself
data element - ANSWER A single, meaningful unit of data, such as a social
security number, is called a
data structures - ANSWER Lists, arrays, and files are all forms of
___________
relative record number - ANSWER Given a start of file address, the location of
any record can be determined from its __________
data dependency and redundancy - ANSWER Database management
eliminates
data and methods - ANSWER In a programming environment where objects
are used, an object contains ______.
bus lines - ANSWER Internal parts of a computer are linked by ______
word size - ANSWER Internal parts of most computers are constructed using a
common ______
linkage editor - ANSWER Access method is loaded with the program load
module by the _______.
