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Topic 1.5 Systems software

1. What is an operating system? [1 mark]

2. What is meant by a user interface? [1 mark]

3. What is meant by a Graphic User Interface (GUI)? [1 mark]

4. How is a Command Line Interface (CLI) used? [1 mark]

5. What is meant by a multitasking operating system? [1 mark]

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 6. What is memory management? [1 mark]

7. What is peripheral management? [1 mark]

8. What is the purpose of a device driver? [1 mark]

9. In a network what is meant by user management? [1 mark]

10. What is meant by file management? [1 mark]

11. What is meant when a message is described as encrypted? [1 mark]

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 12. What is the purpose of encryption software? [1 mark]

13. How is an encrypted email message sent and received? [1 mark]

14. What is a disadvantage of always sending encrypted messages? [1 mark]

15. What is the encryption method used by web browsers to encrypt details of purchases? [1
mark]

16. What is meant by defragmentation? [1 mark]

17. What is meant by data compression? [1 mark]

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