Purposes of an Operating System (OS)
16.1What the syllabus asks of you
- Show understanding of how an OS can maximise the use of resources
- Describe the ways in which the user interface hides the complexities of the hardware from the user
- Show understanding of process management
- Show understanding of virtual memory, paging and segmentation for memory management
Read the notes first
Chapter 16: Purposes of an operating system (OS)
Drill this topic
All 15 questions on Purposes of an Operating System (OS), untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
15 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.