5(a)(i)Operating Systems System SoftwareEasy2 marks
A student uses a laptop for school work. The laptop contains system software including an Operating System (OS) and utility software.
Hardware management is one key management task that the OS performs.
Identify two tasks the OS performs as part of hardware management.
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5(a)(ii)Operating Systems System SoftwareEasy2 marks
Identify two other key management tasks that the OS performs.
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5(b)(i)Operating Systems System SoftwareEasy1 mark
A disk formatter is an example of utility software.
State the purpose of utility software in a computer.
5(b)(ii)Operating Systems System SoftwareEasy2 marks
Describe the purpose of a disk formatter.
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5(c)(i)Operating Systems System SoftwareEasy1 mark
The student is writing a computer program in a high-level language.
The student imports routines from program libraries into their program.
Define the term program library.
5(c)(ii)Operating Systems System SoftwareMedium2 marks
Describe one benefit of the student using a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) instead of a non-Dynamic Link Library.