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COP 3767 - Operating Systems Student Name: Abel Obregon
Professor: Michael Robinson
program 4 OSpgm4_4Fall2021
Print this program 4, sign it, answer all questions and bring it to class on due date.
This program is worth 10 points total
Each question/answer is worth 0.50, there are 20 questions
The answers MUST have been covered in class and be on our book:
Operating Systems for IT ISBN 978-1-4652-8990-2
NO INTERNET ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED
Make sure to have the following documentation
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Author : Abel Obregon
Course : Operating Systems for IT
Program : 4
Due Date : Thursday 12/02/2021
I certify that this work is my own alone.
..........{ Abel Obregon }..........
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The answers MUST have been covered in class and be on our book:
Operating Systems for IT ISBN 978-1-4652-8990-2
NO INTERNET ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED
1) What is an Operating System, as learned in CLASS
Software that allows the user to control hardware.
2) Name 3 (three) properties of Primary Memory compared to Secondary Memory, as learned in
CLASS
Primary memories are smaller, faster, and volatile.
3) Name the Windows File Systems, as learned in CLASS
fat12 fat16 fat32 ntfs.
4) What is Time Splicing in Operating Systems, as learned in CLASS
The amount of time an OS assigns to a process/task to execute.
5) What is the block size, as learned in CLASS
Secondary memory amount that can be read/written using one cpu instruction.
6) Name 4 (four) HOT Swappable parts in laptops, as learned in CLASS
There are no hot swappable parts in laptops.
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7) What is the SCSI maximum speed and the usual warranty time, as learned in CLASS
The maximum speed is 15,000 RPM and the usual warranty time is 5 years or more.
8) Name the Operating System functions, as learned in CLASS
UI, Processor/CPU, Storage, Memory, and Device Drivers Management
9) What is a File System, as learned in CLASS
The file system is in charge of all data regardless of storage type.
10) Name the numerical systems, as learned in CLASS
Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal, and ASCII
11) What is Swapping in Operating Systems, as learned in CLASS
When we request to load items into RAM and theres not sufficient space in RAM,
the OS moves items in RAM which have not been used for the longest amount of time.
12) Name the Linux File Systems, as learned in CLASS
ext2 ext4 ext3 gfs hfs
13) What is a Virtual Machine, as learned in CLASS
Software that can be installed in a Host Computer, allowing us to install multiple
Operating Systems,
using the Host's hardware.
14) Name 4 (four) hardware parts that magnetic hard drives have, as learned in CLASS
Platters, Spindle, arms, heads.
15) Name 5 (five) Linux editors, as learned in CLASS
VI, VIM, gedit, nano, pico.
16) Name 5 (five) types of servers, as learned in CLASS
Data/Application Servers, Printer Servers, Copy Servers, FTP Servers, Web Servers.
17) Name 4 (four) Server parts that are NOT usually found in laptops, as learned in CLASS
Hot Swappable Hard Drives, Hot Swappable Power Supplies, Multiple Ethernet Boards,
Multiple Video Boards.
18) Name the type of cables found in your personal computer, as learned in CLASS
Data cables and Power cables.
19) Select from smaller to biggest Computers ( least powerful to most powerful ), as learned
in CLASS
Cellphones, Tablets, Netbooks, Laptops, Desktops, Servers, Blades, Main Frames,
Supercomputers.
20) Name 5 (five) types of software, as learned in CLASS
System Software, Applications Software, Word Processors, Accounting Software, Research
Software.
