Operating systems questions
Q1. Define an 'operating system'.
Q2. List six typical functions of a personal computer's operating system.
Q3. Define an ‘interrupt’.
Q4. Describe how an operating system handles two different kinds of interrupts occurring simultaneously.
Q5. Describe the difference between a ‘processor-bound’ job and an ‘I/O-bound’ job.
Q6. What are the aims of scheduling?
Q7. Describe the role of the process control block in scheduling.
Q8. Describe the role of 'pages' and the 'page file' in memory management.
Q9. What is meant by 'disk threshing'?
Q10. Describe how files are stored on a hard drive using the File Allocation Table.