Assignment – 1

Part – A (Employability Skills)

Unit -III (Information and Communication Technology Skills)

Chapter-10

                                                            Basic Computer Operations

A.     Multiple Choice Questions.

1.     The name of the Edubuntu’s Graphical User Interface is Unity

a.     Unity               b. Bash            c. Kernel          d. Shell

2.     The POST checks the functioning of all the connected hardware, including primary and secondary storage devices.

a.     Booting Process          b. POST            c. Power on                 d. Input Unit

3.      GUI operating system runs on computers which are located in different geographical areas, interconnected through a network.

a.      GUI                      b. Command line             c. Real Time                       d. Distributed

4.      The small labelled pictures or symbols present on the desktop are called Icons.

a.      Icons                    b. Pixels               c. Buttons                           d. Commands

5.      The operating system has two components Software and Hardware.

a.      Software and Hardware                c. Software and Technologies

b.      Shell and Kernel                                              d. Files and Devices

B.     Fill in the Blanks.

1.      The Multi- threading operating systems allow different parts of an application or program to run simultaneously.

2.      The trash stores the deleted files in Edubuntu.

3.      A batch file consists of a series of Commands to be executed by the command – line interpreter.

4.      DOS files are organised in a Hierarichal or an inverted tree – like structure.

5.      Linux was developed by Linus Torvalds in the year 1991.

C.      Answer the following questions:

1.      What is system software?

Ans System Software controls a computer’s internal functioning and also controls such peripherals as monitors, printers and storage devices.          

2.      What do you mean by multitasking operating system?

Ans The ability to perform more than one task at the same time is called Multi -tasking, like Windows 2000, Linux Operating Systems.

3.      Who wrote the original disk operating system?

Ans DOS was developed by Microsoft in 1981.

4.      What do you mean by multi-threading OS?

Ans These are the operating systems which allow different parts of an application or program to run simultaneously like Microsoft Windows 9x, Windows 2000.

5.      What are the various categories of system software?

Ans Operating System, Utility Programs and Database Management Systems.

6.      What security measures does an operating system provide to a computer?

Ans Operating System provides antivirus protection against malicious attacks and has inbuilt firewall which acts as a filter to check the type of traffic entering into the system.

7.      Explain the directory structure of DOS with the help of an example.

Ans A directory is just like a File Folder which contains all logical related files. DOS files are arranged in a hierarchal. The files are further divided into Directories and Sub – Directories.