Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What does an
operating system consists of? a. | A set of users | c. | A form of time sharing | b. | A set of programs | d. | A kernal program | | | | |
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What is the
main program in an operating system called? a. | Kernal | c. | Directory | b. | File manager | d. | NOS | | | | |
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What is
another name for an operating environment? a. | Page | c. | Layer | b. | Shell | d. | Supervisor | | | | |
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What is
loading the operating system in a personal computer called? a. | Booting | c. | Prompting | b. | Interrupting | d. | Paging | | | | |
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Which one of
the following uses graphical icons? a. | Command line interface | c. | Page | b. | Utility program | d. | GUI | | | | |
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What is the
time between the user’s request and the computer’s reply called? a. | Concurrent time | c. | Response time | b. | Allocation time | d. | Event time | | | | |
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What is an
onscreen picture that represents an object, such as a program or file, called?
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What is the
signal that the computer is awaiting a command from the user called? a. | Prompt | c. | Time slice | b. | Event | d. | Interrupt | | | | |
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What does
the acronym NOS refer to? a. | Memory management technique | c. | Booting process | b. | Virtual storage | d. | An operating system for a network | | | | |
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Which of the
following operating systems contained the first commercially successful GUI? a. | Mac OS | c. | Unix | b. | Windows | d. | Linux | | | | |
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