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NOS 110 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
EXAM
The core of an operating system is referred to as the CPU - ANSWER
False

One function of the kernel is managing the use of the computer's RAM -
ANSWER True

The first 32-bit operating system developed by Microsoft was Windows
3.1 - ANSWER False

Windows 95 used cooperative multitasking for 16-bit applications and
preemptive multitasking for 32-bit applications - ANSWER True

The advanced firewall in Windows Vista monitors incoming
communications only - ANSWER False

The address bus almost always runs faster than the external clock
speed of the CPU - ANSWER False

The Intel Itanium processor is a CISC-based processor that uses a 32-
bit architecture - ANSWER False

One of the tasks of a file system is to secure the information contained in
a user's files - ANSWER True

The native file system in Linux is called ufs - ANSWER False

What PC systems call clusters, Mac systems refer to as allocated blocks
- ANSWER True

Which of the following is NOT an I/O task performed by the OS? -
ANSWER executes program instructions

, Code that exchanges information with specific hardware devices is
referred to as which of the following? - ANSWER device driver

Which of the following is least concerned with a computer's specific
hardware configuration? - ANSWER applications

Which of the following is NOT a task performed by the computer's
BIOS? - ANSWER manages random access memory

if you are a bank manager and have thousands of transactions to
process in which no user interaction is required, which type of computer
are you most likely to use? - ANSWER mainframe

If your computing environment requires that some processing of your
applications takes place on a server and some of it takes place on a PC-
class computer, what type of system are you using? - ANSWER
client/server system

Which of the following can be described as client/server computing
coupled with the Internet? - ANSWER cloud computing

Which of the following accurately describes preemptive multitasking? -
ANSWER The OS controls when an application can use the CPU

You are testing out a new multitasking operating system. In your testing,
you find that some applications are not getting sufficient CPU time while
others are getting more than necessary. Which component is likely to be
the cause of this problem? - ANSWER kernel

You have installed a new network adaptor in your computer and reboot
the OS. You go to check the settings of the network adaptor but you
cannot find the device in Windows. What is the most likely problem? -
ANSWER bad or missing device driver

Which OS is commonly used as both a desktop OS and for multiuser
server applications? - ANSWER Linux

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