Practice Test: Chapter 2 Operating System Overview
Practice test on Chapter 2 concepts including OS services, interfaces, evolution, virtual memory, paging, and architecture.
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1 Which of the following are operating system services listed in the lecture?
Select all that apply
- Program development
- Program execution
- Controlled access to files
- Error detection and response
- Rendering 3D graphics
The operating system services slide includes program development, program execution, controlled access to files, and error detection and response.
2 Which interface stands for Application Programming Interface?
- API
- ABI
- ISA
- SMP
API is the abbreviation for Application Programming Interface.
3 As a resource manager, the OS is responsible for controlling the use of what?
- Only printers
- Computer resources such as I/O, memory, and processor time
- Only source code comments
- Only network cables
The lecture defines the OS as controlling the use of resources such as I/O, memory, and processor execution time.
4 In serial processing, programmers interacted directly with the computer hardware.
- True
- False
The serial processing slide explicitly states that programmers interacted directly with the hardware.
5 What was one reason simple batch systems were introduced?
- To maximize processor utilization
- To remove all memory
- To replace processors with GPUs
- To eliminate all scheduling
The simple batch systems slide notes that early computers were expensive and it was important to maximize processor utilization.
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