WGU c191 chapter one Fundamentals of operating system Knowledge test Exam Toolkit Questions and Verified Marking Scheme 2024/2025
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WGU c191 chapter one Fundamentals of operating system Knowledge test Exam Toolkit Questions and Verified Marking Scheme 2024/2025
System Call - correct answer A request from an application to the OS for a service. It's implemented as a library function that prepares parameters and issues a super...
WGU c191 chapter one Fundamentals of
operating system Knowledge test Exam
Toolkit Questions and Verified Marking
Scheme 2024/2025
System Call - correct answer A request from an application to the OS for a service. It's
implemented as a library function that prepares parameters and issues a supervisor
call.
Supervisor Call - correct answer -known as Kernel call- a privileged instruction that
transfers control to a specific location within the OS kernel. It acts as the interface
between the OS kernel and higher-level software.
Modules - correct answer _____ allow operating system services to be loaded
dynamically.
Middleware - correct answer __________ is a set of software frameworks that provide
additional services to application developers.
Small area network - correct answer Bluetooth and 802.11 devices use wireless
technology to communicate over several feet, in essence creating a ____.
Which of the following statements concerning open source operating systems is true? -
correct answer Source code is freely available
A boot block ____. - correct answer typically only knows the location and length of the
rest of the bootstrap program
Standard C library - correct answer The ______ provides a portion of the system call
interface for UNIX and Linux
, Fifth Generation - correct answer - Network Systems
- OSs for supercomputers, distributed systems, mobile devices.
- Connecting multiple CPUs and memories into a supercomputer enabled high
performance comuting. Connecting multiple computers into networks enabled internet
commerce, information sharing, and social interactions.
Mainframe - correct answer - A large central computer used by large organizations.(
General purpose computers)
- High-volume data processing in administration, banking, government.
High throughput, management of large storage.
server - correct answer - Large computer that responds to requests from individual
clients.
Web and email processing, internet commerce.
- Fast response, security
Multiprocessor - correct answer - A system of multiple CPUs and memories
interconnected by a fast network into a single parallel computer.
- Scientific and other high-performance computations
- Fast interprocess communication and memory access. Data consistency.
Distributed Systems (multi-computer) - correct answer - A network of independent
computers interconnected via a communication network.
- Sharing of data and services internet commerce.
- Efficient and secure communication. Support for many types of applications and
services.
Desktop and Laptop - correct answer - personal computer
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