QUIZ: SOFTWARE

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Name
: ________________________________________________________
Practicum : _______________________
1. When you purchase a personal computer, it usually has system software
installed on its computer.
a. State the function of system software.
[ 2 marks]
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b. List two (2) types of system software.
[ 2 marks]
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2. Computer operating system (OS) provides a set of functions needed and used by
application programs on a computer.
a. Describe the function of an OS.
[ 1 marks]
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b. Starting and shutting down a computer is one of the main functions of an
OS. Explain the processes below that are related to this function.
i. Booting
[2
marks]
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ii. Warm boot
[ 2 marks]
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iii. Cool boot
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c. Identify the function of OS based on their description below.
[5 marks]
Function

Description
Determines the order in which an operation
the processor manages such as receiving data
from an input device, processing instructions,
sending information to an output device, and
transferring items from storage to memory
and from memory to storage.
Support a single user and only one running
program at a time or support thousands of
users running multiple programs.

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Load a program or automatically configures

new devices that tells the operating system
how to communicate with a specific device.
Enable or disable the user access to all files
and programs on the computer or network,
install programs, and specify settings that
affect all users on a computer or network.
Organizes and coordinates how multiple users
access and share hardware, software, data,
and information on a network.
3. Define the terms of software license below:
a. Proprietary software
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marks]
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b. Open source software
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marks]
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4. List three (3) basic categories of OS. Give one (1) example of proprietary and
open source software for each of the categories.
[ 9 marks]

Categories of OS

Example
Proprietary

Open Source

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5. Identify the types of OS based on the situation below. Give one (1) example for
each of the OS identified.
[ 8 marks]
Situation

Types of OS

Example
software

a.

Zulaikha uses the OS

in her newly
bought net book which she download
freely from the internet. She can do her
assignments
by
using
OpenOffice
application which is included in this OS.
b. Dean, a young executive uses a
smartphone everyday where he can
easily manages his schedules and
contacts, phone messages, notes, task
and address lists, and all his job
appointments.
c. Computer Lab of Viva Architecture
College has 300 Apple Macintosh
computers to accommodate all the
architectural students.
d. Many Web servers use this operating
system because it is capable of handling
a high volume of transactions in a
multiuser environment and working with
multiple
processors
using
multiprocessing.
6. Identify the utility programs and give one (1) example of the utility program
based on the function below.
[8 marks]
Situation

Types of
utility
program

Example

a.

This utility program allows users to copy

selected files or an entire hard disk to
another storage medium such as
another hard disk, optical disc, USB flash
drive, or tape.
b. This utility program detects and deletes
a program that displays an online
advertisement in a banner or pop-up
window on Web pages, e-mail, or other
Internet services.

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c.

This utility program detects and deletes

a program placed on a computer without
the users knowledge that secretly
collects information related user Web
browsing habits.
d. This utility program searches for and
removes unnecessary files including
downloaded program files, temporary
Internet files, deleted files, and unused
program files.

7. Application software consist of program that direct computer to perform specific

information processing activities for end users.

FIGURE 1
a. Identify types of application software that may produce a document as
show in Figure 1.
[1
mark]
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b. Name one (1) example for each open source and proprietary software
mentioned in 7.a.
[2 marks]
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c. Explain the function of the software mentioned in question 7.a.
[2 marks]
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