software concepts set 2 Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Kernel is:

a) Considered as the critical part of the operating system

b) The software which monitors the operating system

c) the set of primitive functions upon which the rest of operating systems functions are built up

d) None of The Above

Question : 2

__________ is the process of carrying out commands.

a) Fetching

b) Storing

c) Decoding

d) Executing

e) None of these

Question : 3

A program:

a) is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory

b) is a sequence of instructions

c) is the device where information is stored

d) None of The Above

Question : 4

Programs or a set of electronic instructions that tell a computer what to do _________.

a) Menu

b) Monitor

c) Hardware

d) Software

e) None of these

Question : 5

__________ processing is used when a large mail-order company accumulates orders and processes them together in one large set.

a) Batch

b) Online

c) Real-time

d) Group

e) None of these

Question : 6

Specialised programs that allow particular input or output devices to communicate with the rest of the computer system are called _________.

a) operating systems

b) utilities

c) device drivers

d) language translators

e) connectors